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Because that's how prospects are valued. If Slafkovsky has a 10% chance of being better than Anderson he's doing it for 925K for the first 3 years then probably under 3M for the next few until then when he's paid like Anderson to be better or equal to than Anderson. Also moving the 2nd overall for a guy with 5 years at 5.5M as opposed to at least 7 years of control with a lower cap hit for most of those years is where a lot of the value is derived from. Teams like to have control of their prospects and develop them their own way, there's a ton of value in that.