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Originally Posted by saXon
Those are pretty bold statements (could be a bad pun in there somewhere). You'll be held to that, and if it ends up being more than a 1 year deal, well then....
I don't see Engelland getting a 1 year deal anytime soon, especially with all of his intangibles.
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There are only 11 players in the NHL this season on multi-year 35+ contracts (and three of them haven't played an NHL game this season).
- Datsyuk
- Markov
- Iginla
- Streit
- Pronger
- Beauchemin
- Fisher
- Gionta
- Bieksa
- Robidas
- Chimera
By all accounts, the Flyers thought that because Pronger was still 34 when he signed the contract, it wouldn't count as a 35+ contract when it came into effect. They were wrong.
There are six defencemen on the list, all of them have scored at least 30 points in a season at some point in their NHL careers. Half of them have scored 60 in a season. Beauchemin is the only one to have never hit 40 points in a season, topping out at 36.
Engelland, on the other hand, has never reached 20 points in an NHL season.