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vektor · 07-03-2012, 11:50 AM

well, hudler has played more than moss has and has around 3x more points than Moss in the past 3 years so lamenting that we lose Moss's size is irrelevant, he wasn't using it. We get immediately significantly better if you consider Hudler a Moss replacement, which would be weird considering one is LW and one is RW

It's becoming apparent to me that when Feaster says "skill" he means points. They are trying to buy points, makes sense. Here Hudler gets 4m for his 50 points, imagine what Parise is going to get for his 69 points. I think Feaster is taking a dollar : point approach with other factors such as position and size as variants in a calculation that finds whether a contract signs a player at worth or below. For that reason alone this Hudler signing is probably worth it, bring in way more guys that consistently put up points and get rid of all our pluggers that produce nothing. Having players that produce way more points than the opposition isn't a bad approach, hopefully this new metrics/moneyball/whateverfeastercallsit works out in the long run.

Just fyi, Bourque who is much larger got 4m last year for 24 points, seems like a drastic improvement if you ask me.

07-03-2012, 11:50 AM	#637
vektor Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2012 Exp:	well, hudler has played more than moss has and has around 3x more points than Moss in the past 3 years so lamenting that we lose Moss's size is irrelevant, he wasn't using it. We get immediately significantly better if you consider Hudler a Moss replacement, which would be weird considering one is LW and one is RW It's becoming apparent to me that when Feaster says "skill" he means points. They are trying to buy points, makes sense. Here Hudler gets 4m for his 50 points, imagine what Parise is going to get for his 69 points. I think Feaster is taking a dollar : point approach with other factors such as position and size as variants in a calculation that finds whether a contract signs a player at worth or below. For that reason alone this Hudler signing is probably worth it, bring in way more guys that consistently put up points and get rid of all our pluggers that produce nothing. Having players that produce way more points than the opposition isn't a bad approach, hopefully this new metrics/moneyball/whateverfeastercallsit works out in the long run. Just fyi, Bourque who is much larger got 4m last year for 24 points, seems like a drastic improvement if you ask me. Last edited by vektor; 07-03-2012 at 12:02 PM.