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Originally Posted by tomkmb
[The way I think the game looks at it] is that Gaudreau is on an expiring deal and is an unrestricted FA at the end of it so will be expecting a large contract offer in order to re-sign with the team, so the receiving team must not only have the cap space available to cope with his contract this year but then also the cap space available to cope with whatever his extension demands are next year and for all the years thereafter depending on how long he signs for. With Monaghan he had two years of team control left, so he was a bit more of a reliably quantifiable asset.
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That's a really good observation. And I certainly hope you're right, that the game does look at it like this, in which case the AI coding (at least in this instance) would actually be reflecting real life cap considerations pretty accurately.
I know it can be frustrating to encounter unexpected behavior. Even more so it can impact your enjoyment of the game, yet I think it helpful to remind ourselves of the greater goal of striving toward a more realistic sim. Even when that sim presents new and perhaps unpopular challenges.