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nauxwarr

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Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 28, 2022 at 2:39 p.m.
Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets signed Andrew Peeke (3 Years / $2,750,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Crimson</b></div><div>Giving Term to a below replacement level D man to ensure hes on your books for 4 more years is not ideal. And blocks prospects. Timing doesnt make sense either. No one is on the phone asking Columbus if Peeke is available, they could have waited until the season was over instead of handcuffing themselves with the contact now. Bad Deal.</div></div>

Tell that to the VAN fans who keep making ACGMs for him. <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/641043?post_id=3598563">Or TOR.</a> Kid only just played his first professional season. Maybe he busts, or maybe he hits. Looks like CBJ are betting on him hitting.

This gives CBJ a right-side of Boqvist-Peeke-Gudbransen (with Blanks available as well) for the next 2-3 years. Jiricek and CC are going to need a few more years to develop anyway, and when they are ready to play, they can be eased in, and we can trade someone. It's why Boqvist and Peeke's contracts take them up to, or into, UFA - team gets time to evaluate, and if they are worth a long term investment over a prospect, they can get paid, and the prospect gets shipped out.