Frank E
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princedpw said:herman said:I think the other GMs are actually more interested in Dubas 'winning' this impasse than in acquiring Nylander because this is an inflection point in the second contracts of 2nd tier superstars that they are bound to draft at some point or another (and vice versa for players/agents).
This isn?t worth arguing about but I don?t think the ?average? GM should care. Because the cap is fixed and equal across teams, paying more to this class of player simply means paying less to some other class of player. GMs that have one or more players that compare well with Nylander will hope he gets a low salary; those that don?t will hope he gets a high salary. (If every GM has a player like Nylander and a similar amount of spare cap space then it doesn?t matter what he makes because no team gains/loses any competitive advantage vs the others.)
I think an argument could be made that you want to avoid basing long-term commitments on short track records.
There's more risk attached there, so I can see GM/ownership being a little apprehensive...but you're right in that there's still a fixed amount per season that can be spent on players, regardless.