They rarely happen for top 6 players
Who wants to be the fool to handout 10+ mil to MM to even have Ducks think about not matching
Secondly you need a team to be totally capped out like Edmonton last year
Thirdly it screws up your internal cap if you have better star players who are next...
Bingo , you need a mix of home grown cheap talent and spending in UFA to win
Guys like Barger potentially being an above MLer is what they need , can’t keep spending big bucks in free agency as your own source of adds
Hughes already had a bum shoulder and smartly secured his bag
I think he had 2 more shoulder surgeries , doesn’t look like a full season player moving forward
Take your money more at 29 if your still good
Leafs previous regime waited too long deciding his future
Once his full no move kicked in he held the hammer
Your losing a top end player and will need other areas to come through
Keegan Matheson put it best , if your not getting better than what you have dont bother
Jays need upgrades not just bodies to say we made a trade
Nobody has given up impact quality in any trade so far
Middle class should protest this fucked up CBA
More than half the league make less than a mil
These Barger , Little types who take more time to get to the majors are totally fucked and take too long to secure a bag with service time and arbitration