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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 24 at 3:18 p.m.
Thread: We Go Again
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>How did Brodie turn out?</div></div>

He had a bad playoffs in year 3 and underperformed the contract in year 4. I think in most cases the last 1-2 years of UFA contracts the player is going to be in decline. I don’t think the Brodie contract was an albatross of a contract, I’m happy they didn’t give the 5th year in his case, but he was also about a year older when he signed compared to Walker or Stephenson.

I see you have Matt Roy for 4x6 (24m) in some of your threads, I think that would be a decent contract but I’m not certain someone wont give him 5x5.5 (27.5m) and then you just don’t get the player. You may be comfortable with that but I think in some cases you have to be aggressive to get the player if you think it’s a fit or you could be left with not too many other options.

If they can get them on cheaper deals for less years then for sure they will try but at the end of the day this is armchair gm and there’s not another person on the other end actually accepting the contract and I’m okay with a more conservative projection here.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 23 at 8:27 p.m.
Thread: We Go Again
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>Giving 2 30 year olds 5 million for 5 years is going to look bad real quick. Especially for Walker, a career 3rd pair defender.</div></div>

Look back over the last 3+ years of UFA defensemen signings the contracts aren't the most beautiful sights to see.

Ryan Graves 28yo 6x4.5, Chiarot 31yo 4x4.75, Oleksiak 28yo 5x4.6, heck, we signed 30yo Brodie to 4x5 in 2020. I see Walker as someone who can play top4 on the right side for us, possibly top pair if he gels with Rielly. Not to say hes a top pair guy but neither is Lyubushkin.

Both these guys are good players, that I think we can get for pretty reasonable cap hits especially with how the cap is trending upwards pretty rapidly. I just don't think you're going to get decent UFA's to ever sign with your team if you're not a little uncomfortable with some part of the contract. More often than not you are adding that extra year you would rather not, or 500k more than you'd like to. Personally I'd be willing to sign those contracts with those players, I like the way they play and I think they are good fits.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19 at 9:30 p.m.