Bcarlo25
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well, posters are right to do so. I don't think many are saying, "this guy is signed through his late 30s, therefore the contract will be bad," but more of, "that's risky." And it is. Of course it is. the vast majority of contracts like that do not age well. we see teams paying to move guys, we see buyouts, and we also see some of them work out. This site is called capfriendly....most of what we're talking about are cap implications, and the underlying economics of the league from a stance of risk.
Take a guy from my team like Pastrnak. I'm thrilled to have him on my team, but I of course acknowledge that its unlikely he's going to be worth that contract in the last few years. I'm still happy they signed it, it's just the cost of doing business.
It's kind of naive to buy a car with 160,000 miles on it and think, "this will age well." Same is true of NHL players. foolish to ignore aging trends and the data we have.