06-03-2016, 05:35 PM
(06-03-2016, 02:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't think comp picks make a huge difference in who they sign. And even when they have signed some bigger name free agents they have flopped just as often as the draft picks. The biggest difference is that rookies are much cheaper than free agents.
and allows you to pay your own stars what they are worth instead of maybe having to low ball and watch them walk.
You cant pay everyone you cant have a 53 man roster of people on 2nd deals. unless they are all bad and accepting vet min
players on rookie contracts is like the potatoes of the team compare to the steaks of the big $$$ stars...
you need them both to make it all work. And when you are a good team Top 5 scoring D its hard for young guys to get playing time cause the vets are holding it down...
I guess if people really want to see our rookies contribute more year 1 we have to go back to being a bottom feeder desperate for talent...
We are not that team anymore. so the situation has changed and the need for instant impact rookies has changed.