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Term's the word for top-end free agents this offseason

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Sunday, July 1, 2007

The buzzwords at the start of the annual free-agent rodeo weren't necessarily "how much" but "how long." Although it's true GMs continue to spend in a fashion very reminiscent of drunken pre-lockout spending orgies, the real twist on the free-agent game this summer is the term top-end players are commanding before they'll sign on the dotted line. In recent days, Philadelphia signed Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell to six-year deals, but that was just a precursor to the big deals of the free-ag ...

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