Sal_Butera
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I don’t think an extra year match would’ve still been sufficient, it would’ve required Habs to up the $does the extra year mean anything? at $1M you just bury him in the minors (and he presumably retires)
Just like Toffoli needed 2-more years than rest of market offered and same w Hoffman (who reportedly only received 1-year deals from STL and a few other teams)