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On where there might still be big money: “I could see a (Mason) Marchment getting overpaid, but he’s not going to get six or seven years. He could probably get three or four at a big number — a higher number than he deserves. I could see maybe a (Jamie) Oleksiak in a similar situation. If guys are willing to go short term, they’ll get money.”
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How free agency could be revived in the future: “You’re going to see players opting for shorter-term deals like McDavid, although McDavid did it for other reasons. You’ll see players opting for two- and three-year deals versus eight-year deals with the expectation the cap is going to keep jumping. So you’re going to see a pause in the free-agent market until the eight-year deals run through the system. And more younger players opt for shorter deals to time themselves to come up to UFA.”
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