(04-23-2019, 05:08 PM)Dimson Wrote: Always draft and re-sign great players wherever possible. If you can't resign them trade them or let them walk and recoup the puck via a compensatory pick. Never enter the draft to pick average players.
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While I don't want to put you int he position of answering for other posters, the highlighted point raises the question of why so many want to avoid contract negotiations for Ramsey and Ngakoue altogether.
Another general question: Should there be an absolute bar on signing draft picks to second contracts? Should the most any one player play for this team be no longer than five years?
(04-23-2019, 05:25 PM)Caldrac Wrote: (04-23-2019, 05:05 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Reading the board, I have seen numerous statements displaying not mere apprehension but abject terror over the prospects of signing Ramsey, Ngakoue and/or Jack to a second contract.
I always thought that once you drafted a great player, you should do whatever it takes to retain that player, especially if:
- He is young
- healthy
- at a premium position
- so far decent character
But judging on the reactions I've seen, people are willing to at least deal Ramsey, and I suspect as contract negotiations between the team and Ngakoue heat up, calls to trade him will soon appear on the board.
Serious questions:
1. Is it better to draft average players who won't command second contracts as opposed to drafting great players who will?
**Draft great players until it becomes increasingly difficult to cut, tag, extend and trade any player on the team.
2. Should our coaches not develop players to make the otherwise average good players, and otherwise good players into great players to avoid second contracts?
**Coaches should be thinking ahead of the curve, looking at new approaches, rotations and competitive advantages. Coaches must master and manage great ego's on a daily basis. Apart of that is developing every single man that makes the final cut.
3. Would it be better to sign veteran free agents old enough to not command another contract from the team?
**Healthy mix of both. Sometimes you want guys like Campbell to balance out guys like Ramsey. But it should be rare. You still want your youth to take over at some point.
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1. So far, based upon the limited responses, everyone seems in favor of drafting great players, but nobody seems inclined to reward great players for great play.
2. I get that, but my question was within the context of avoiding expensive, second contracts. Should coaches cut back on coaching and player development for the sole purpose of suppressing the market for players?
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
