le_sean
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- Oct 21, 2006
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So you’re saying Caufield would get the same contract from the Habs if he was a UFA? And that he’d have the same chance of re-signing with the Habs without them owning his rights? Or the fact they can offer an extra year?If your claim is that Signing FAs is difficult for Montreal, then it also applies to forwards.
Cost control doesn't exist, it's an irrelevant argument. Go ask Cole Caufield, who has not played a single full NHL season yet, if he's going to be cost controlled when we need him to be.
It definitely does exist. To deny it is an odd hill to die on.