03-25-2021, 04:14 PM
(03-25-2021, 04:08 PM)F Gump Wrote: 2 I bet there's a side issue (that may actually be a big one for them) on the spending this summer that we don't see. That's the issue of the 2022 payroll, when Luka's massive raise will hit. They already know that's coming. It;s a huge hit. I think that they will be factoring that into the equation, and it might have made it impossible for them to re-sign J-Rich, THJ, and also Fournier (or someone else) at expected market prices on multi-year deals. So maybe in their estimation, Fournier could have only been a rental anyhow, because his price tag is going to be too high, which lessened his value considerably.
This! I tried to make this point like 4 times today, but you've articulated it here far better than I could.