Nashville Predators 20 Best Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
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The Nashville Predators have been a consistently good team throughout the salary cap era, making the playoffs in a large majority of seasons, helping GM David Poile keep his job until retirement in 2023. The backbone of the team’s success has been on the back-end, with a seemingly never-ending pipeline of quality young defenseman and world class goaltending from Pekka Rinne and later Juuse Saros (Askarov coming). Poile displayed a remarkable talent for roping young players into long-term deals at cheap prices right before they’re about to break out. If I had to guess the secret behind that Jedi mind trick, you need to convince players NOT to bet on themselves. You need to sell the safety and security of guaranteeing income over a longer period, emphasizing the risk of potentially losing future earnings in the event of injury or regression.
Nashville Predators 20 Best Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
Nashville Predators 20 Best Contracts in the…
Nashville Predators 20 Best Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
The Nashville Predators have been a consistently good team throughout the salary cap era, making the playoffs in a large majority of seasons, helping GM David Poile keep his job until retirement in 2023. The backbone of the team’s success has been on the back-end, with a seemingly never-ending pipeline of quality young defenseman and world class goaltending from Pekka Rinne and later Juuse Saros (Askarov coming). Poile displayed a remarkable talent for roping young players into long-term deals at cheap prices right before they’re about to break out. If I had to guess the secret behind that Jedi mind trick, you need to convince players NOT to bet on themselves. You need to sell the safety and security of guaranteeing income over a longer period, emphasizing the risk of potentially losing future earnings in the event of injury or regression.