Ban Price trades
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I wonder how much of this deal is the Panthers tipping their hand with Knight:
"We don't even want to entertain RFA discussions because of our financial situation and how Oettinger reinvented the market this summer. Here's more than your market value now play up to it."
I'm almost willing to wager this move as 3D Chess from Zito: if Knight goes supernova this season and/or Bobrovsky cements himself as a boat anchor, the Panthers are beyond royally screwed in regards to their future finances. This isn't a cap team but they've been spending like one for a couple seasons now, would they have the money for Spencer in 6 month's time? Can't tell.
If you're going to make a bad bet on a young player, it's better to do so on your own kids. This one probably ages better as Spence takes more and more of Bob's starts.