We cannot keep doing this. I don't care what the cap is going to be in 4 years or whatever. The team is trying to win today and fucking around and making sure your AAV is always optimized isn't helping. Go be a Blackhawk if you want to so badly.
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This is nothing against Marner. I'll say it about any player. Owners pay the exact same amount regardless. Players are just deciding amongst themselves how to split it up. Fans should not feel bad hoping that players give the team a break or at least don't squeeze them.
Route for players in CBA negotiations. Once that's done, route for what helps your team the most and feel comfortable criticizing players that put optimizing contracts over team success. Everyone involved makes more $ than you ever will. It's not anti-labour to want your favourite team to be better.
After his last contract where he got maximum dollars and repeatedly pissed the playoffs bed, if this mofo turns down a $100 million, 8 year contract, I, as a grown adult man, reserve the right to yell in his face any time he 'deigns' make an appearance in his hometown.
The focus on % of the cap when the deal was signed is crazy. It’s one thing if you want to use it to compare a contract that is 5+ years old, but the deals signed in the last few years (Pastrnak, Reinhart, Willy etc.) are still relevant benchmarks and you don’t suddenly need to pay Marner 2 mil more
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