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Idk, I think that players in his tier (especially in the NHL) don't bet on themselves enough.
I'm sure their influenced by horror stories of guys who bet on themselves hoping to make more and ended up losing big.
A guy like Ryan Dzingel comes to mind. Sens were rumoured to have offered him something like 5x5 in 18/19 when he had 44 points in 57 games, but apparently he didn't want to stay in Canada and he ended up getting 3.375 x 2 in FA after getting scratched in the playoffs for Columbus, and then got 1.1 x 1 the following year - now he's making league minimum.