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Originally Posted by Whitesnake
It's going way too far right now. They don't talk to each other. Each side is actually waiting that the other one moves. That's not good faith. In the end, what could happen, is that if Bergevin never moves, PK will accept his 2-year contract. And might actually ask for another 2-year once all is said and done to be UFA.
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The reason MB position makes no sense, is that he'll end up undoubtedly paying more for those years in two years than if he were to just give them now.
The habs are not in a pickle at all financially. With Gomez off the books next year and the 2nd amnesty buyout. PK's demands are a non issue. After that, there are plenty of expiring contracts that could be moved or even re-signed depending on the young cores development and the evaluation of the teams progress.
I'd rather give a little extra to pk now than to free up space to make another UFA signing that is unlikely to improve the team significantly enough to go from poor to contender, we need no money next year for UFA's. We shouldn't even being entertaining that market as of now.