Quoting: mokumboi
Heh. Buyers always say it's a buyer's market. But not all UFAs are created equal. It also matters how many suitors an individual player has. Some will have small options. Some will have a half dozen teams calling. We all know which end of that spectrum Tatasenko leans toward. And in that light, this doesn't look like a competitive offer.
Oh, I agree that this is not a good offer. Saying it is not competitive is being kind lol.
I'm saying it's a buyer's market from the sheer number of players available compared to normal. I'm not sure if you've taken a look, but there is a large supply this year of likely available players, so by the simple rules of supply/demand.
Usually a deadline market only bares one, maybe two Patrick Kane types, but this year you'll have Kane, Toews, possibly Tarasenko, JVR, Horvat, possibly Meier. Then you move on to the middle of the pack names like Monahan, Nyquist, maybe Barbashev, Okposo and then the next level down Sundqvist, Nieto..
These are just some names, and even aside from some of those players who are may not be available, but this is a much larger crop than normal. That creates a buyer's market. This isn't even taking into consideration defensemen.