Collin Graf's Deal Gets Cheaper Every Year. By Design.
Grier did not buy a winger at a price. He bought a contract shape, and it runs past both of the expensive summers on his calendar.
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Celebrini's Discount Never Reached the Contract
He said he would take less. He signed for more than anyone modelling the deal projected, and for a bigger slice of the cap than the record he just broke.
San Jose Hasn't Earned Celebrini's Discount Yet
Celebrini volunteering to go under market sounds like exactly what a rebuild wants. Every discount that aged well shared one feature San Jose doesn't have yet: a team already good enough to spend the savings.
San Jose Had to Spend. It Didn't Have to Commit.
Every panicked take on the Sharks' spending spree misses the one fact that explains it: San Jose had to spend. What it didn't have to do was commit.