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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 23, 2020 at 9:12 p.m.
Thread: Spending on the blueline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>alwaysnextyear</b></div><div>Yep to all of that, but I'm curious if they could get anything for guys like Sutter, Ferland, Beagle, etc. from teams that those players would accept a trade to. It's more likely VAN would need to sweeten a deal and pay to get rid of their contracts, though I really hope Ferly can get healthy because I think he can be a nice contributor.

As for bridge deals, I'm on the fence as to whether they're all that bad. Yes, If you get a guy signed long term early you'll likely get really good value at the back end of the contract. But if you do a bridge deal that still retains their RFA rights at the end of it (ie. 3 year), you have that many more potential years of the player with the franchise if they sign long term after that.</div></div>

I agree. I hope Ferly can come back healthy and well because i have always been a fan. As for bridge deals, yes they are nice, the only problem i have with them is say you sign an RFA (no specific name just example) to a 3 yr 6 m per year bridge deal. All fine and dandy, until his contract is up and hes worth 9 m or something like that. Long term maybe he would have signed for 7 or 7.5, .but now you end up paying more per year long term