And this is why you secure your bag of money early
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a shoulder injury would never end a career. Hockey players are way too risk adverse.
GrandWazoo
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I’d be pretty risk averse with 60-70M as well.
worm
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It's all coming together
you always will get paid, Matthews didn't have to sign last year, had he waited and been a UFA, he would have gotten more. Geeman is the type that takes the first offer
GrandWazoo
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Matthews played it smart but his first real contract was already 58M. Makes it easier to gamble a bit.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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If you know what you're worth, then the first fair offer is the one you take. If you're always looking for more you'll always wind up with less than you thought. Like Geeman, I follow the advice of Bud Fox in "Wall Street:, not Gordon Gekko and his "Greed is good" BS. At one point, Bud asks Gordon "How many yachts can you waterski behind? How much is enough?"
Slaf secured his bag and is set for life whatever else happens. Could he have held out for more? Sure. And maybe, if he steered clear of injuries, he might even get more. But again, how many yachts does one man need?
like the analogy, how much money do you need "10% more than I have", one needs one more yacht than they have.
Why buy an Escalade when you can get an Land/Range Rover, or why buy a Cadillac when you can have a Bentley
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He's 5'9" and 168lbs.
Hard pass.
Hard pass.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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But you don't need it, you merely want it. And always wanting 10% more than you have means that you will never be happy no matter how rich you get. Ergo, wealth is wasted on you.
if your boss offered you a 10% salary increase you would turn it down in the interest of being happy with what you have? You don't want your RRSP to go up 10%?
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I may want it, but the question is, do I need it? And in the case of Slaf and the deal he settled for, he most definitely does not need the extra 10%. He's going to be just fine.
Ask Josh Norris if securing his bag was a bad idea . Nobody is touching him now with an 8 year deal
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No chance unless your an elite player
AM is a terrible example , he already got his bag and earns about 3 mil more in endorsements a year
Slaf like Caufield will never be in that league
What the fuck are they fighting for an extra 10% if everything goes well
What if there is another pandemic and salaries stay flat for years
Poor play , injuries , etc…is a foolish risk on a bridge deal
Your comparing a working class salary to a 7 mil contract that 99% of the world will never earn in a lifetime
one example. Face it, hockey players are boring and conservative. More americans are willing to take the risk, Canadian players just take whatever is offered
the population doesn't pay 500 to watch you make a burger at McDonald's.
Nonsense , if Slaf was offered a dumb deal fine say no
That is more than fair
Who gives a shit