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Originally Posted by magicpixels
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.
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1.That's bull poop:
Gaborik - 31 in February, B. Richards - 32, Plekanec - 30, Datsyuk - 34, Heatley - 31, Marleau - 33, Sedin - 32.
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2. It's irrelevant. I'm not suggesting we give Iginla a 7-year deal. I'm saying 6 million dollars is a totally reasonable salary to pay a 65+ point scorer, regardless of his age. I also think it's totally reasonable to expect Iginla to produce 65 points a season for at least three seasons after this short one.
Heck if we paid him 7/6/5/4 and he put up 80-60-50-40 that would be $95,652 per point over the course of the contract, which is pretty damn good value. If he went 80-70-60-50 (which I think is more likely, and I honestly believe he'll be even more effective than that) he'd be an absolute bargain.