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Originally Posted by driveway

With 67 points, at a 7 million dollar salary, Iginla cost us $104,478 per point. This puts Iginla in the same price-per-point range as the following players:

Gaborik $98,684; B. Richards $101,011; J. Carter $155,079; M. Richards $130,682; E. Staal $117,857; Plekanec $96,154; Semin $124,074; Ovechkin $146,746; Getzlaf $93,421; Kane $95,455; Toews $110,526; Datsyuk $100,000; Heatley $141,509; Thornton $90,909; Marelau $107,813; D. Sedin $91,045; and Kesler $102,041

If Iginla had been paid 6 million, his dollar-per-point would be $89,552 which would unquestionably be one of the better deals in the NHL. There is absolutely no reason to expect anything less than 65 points for the next several years from him and many, many reasons to expect significantly more.

6 million per year for the next three years is more than fair to pay Iginla. Anything less is an absolute steal.

Source for numbers: www.bang4yourpuck.com

The problem with your numbers. Only one play is in a similar situation and that is Thornton. The rest of these guys are all very young. Everyone is also forgetting that we are likely to see a lot less money handed out in the next two seasons as they adjust to the cap.

I would honestly just say its 18M over 5 years and Iginla retires here. There is no human way to pay him 7M and for us to ice a competitive team. Do you know how many 38 year old players have put up 80 plus point a year?

If anything I'd be willing to give the money to Kipper as goalies are proving more and more that they can play well until their early 40's and still be effective.