I really don't care if we use all of this years cap space on decent to average guys on 2 year deals, that are really a 1 year contract. We will still have that space free the following year if those guys don't pan out. I do think it would be better to front load a few contract extensions early to help out with future cap space. But you could argue that we are overpaying our own guys now when we don't need to. The best option is probably what Ballard will do, and that is to mix and match both. Sign a few guys to short term deals, with little real salary cap impact down the line but also use up some of the cap with new deals for our own guys ahead of when we really need to do them.
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