Zee said:herman said:Who is going to offer sheet him for 4M+ AAV?
People think these things happen in a vacuum, but every contract signing has implications for every team. The reason I brought up teams and their own cap situation and their own RFAs is this. Let's say "Team X" does just that, offers Kapanen some overpayment of $4M+ on a decent long term. Then, let's say they have their own free agent winger who was just putting up 10-11 points in his first few seasons but then has a ONE breakout year, you think he's going to want to take less than what Kapanen took? "Hey you went out and gave this guy big money, oh by the way the cap is higher now too so where's my $5M+ deal?" You're not just screwing the Leafs by offering sheeting a player you're screwing yourself too. That's why teams don't do it.
Kinda like how the Nylander contract is going to hurt the Leaf's come July??