Everyone keeps saying we have to trade a player because losing them in free agency is the worst thing ever.
If this were true why would any other team trade for them?
If they re-up both Ladd and buff then you can $15m or so to that next year. Might be saving space.
Reupping both is likely only a net increase of 7. But I agree they are keeping space open to sign existing players.
Maybe Frolik didn't want to sign here. Find it hard to believe we wouldn't give that. Thats only $1M more than last year.
Either that or Frolik and agent over estimated the market, and once in UFA, he went to a team he thought was a better fit.