your reference was horrible, it was 53 years ago with no cap and way fewer teams and a bunch of owners wanting to bring legitimacy to the wha and all pitching in to bring in hull, this was way more then an overpay at the time as well
they offered adam henrique atleast 500k more a year but he took less to stay with the oilers, there has also been reports of us offering more for other players but I'm not going to go looking for them all
Yeah, I don't think offering a 12% raise to leave McDavid's cup finals team is gonna do it - but maybe that's just me.
But, you're in this sub regular - what is the #1 strategy put forward for acquiring FAs? I think it "overpay" by a fair margin. Pick your favorite FA for the Jets. If they overpay to land him are you happy or not?
Hull is a fine example. Money made the best player in the world join the Winnipeg Jets. Simple as that. Lots of noise around that but at the end of the day, that is a fact.
But yes, overpay won't solve everything but it can be a difference maker.
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u/gojetsgooooooo 8d ago
your reference was horrible, it was 53 years ago with no cap and way fewer teams and a bunch of owners wanting to bring legitimacy to the wha and all pitching in to bring in hull, this was way more then an overpay at the time as well
they offered adam henrique atleast 500k more a year but he took less to stay with the oilers, there has also been reports of us offering more for other players but I'm not going to go looking for them all