TMLBlueandWhite
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- Feb 2, 2023
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Paying players massive front loaded signing bonuses also should be a bargaining chip - they want it and virtually no other teams are in a position to give it.
Yet we give the massive front loaded signing bonuses and end up with VERY player friendly deals - very high cap hits, without the commitment of max term.
Seems like Dubas' negotiating strategy was to just give them whatever they wanted and sign.
Thanks for the response.
They all got everything they wanted the last time and expect to do so again this time. It will be the same thing all over. Nylander will stab the knife deep in the back first.
Then Marner will come along and twist it.