cobra427
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- May 6, 2012
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They paid market value, and maybe OEL would get more next summer as a UFA. Of course that would depend on his production this year. We have to keep our best players if they are top 2D or 1C/2C/elite wing especially, just too hard to develop or trade for. We should have kept Yandle, we didn't get much for him, he was a solid Coyote and our PP was great. Hanzal was injury prone, I get why we passed. We need to keep Keller too, assuming his career turns out to be what it could be based on last year.Most long term contracts are regrettable.
I can see long term last few years being an over payment, but that is what you have to do to keep a home grown 1D.