03-25-2021, 10:45 AM
(03-25-2021, 10:39 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Man, I really have a feeling they're planning ahead financially. To avoid the luxury tax. I like the player, too, but if they KNOW they don't want to re-sign him (people here are free to wish for him over THJ or Richardson, if that's their preference) then I don't blame them for not spending the assets - even small ones.You’re probably right. Might be wishful thinking to believe we could re-sign all 3 for ~45 million per. The way i looked at it was that 1) we would play smaller lineups 2) Fournier would be our “MLE” and we just wouldn’t use the MLE while still remaining enough below the hard cap to still use the BAE on a big