Rookie Salaries - Out of Control

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by saden1

If I were the Skins I would give Taylor a new contract right now. It's going to be a lot harder to resign him when he's a FA than it would be right now. Show ST the money!

Saden -wouldn't the Skins at least use the franchise tag on Taylor? I would think that when Taylor's contract runs out the Skins are not going to just let him leave as a unrestricted free agent. This is ditto for Chris Cooley. I would think the Skins will use the franchise tag on Cooley next year when he becomes a free agent and than on Taylor when his contract runs out (I believe the year after that).

I think the FO is not going to let either of these 2 go into the free agent market without tagging them - (unless they cannot afford to and Schneed could probably clarify that).