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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
Booth is a comparable? A young guy with concussion problems who cracked the 41 point barrier once in his NHL career and was signed for that year and an additional three years at 4.25 million at the time of his contract? That guy is a comparable to Tanguay, a player whose worst NHL season amounted to 3 less points than Booth's second best NHL season ever? Tanguay a guy who two seasons ago topped Booth's best NHL season ever by 9 points and last year topped Booth's second best season every by 9 points. Tanguay, a guy who this year is on pace over an 82 game schedule to top Booth's career best numbers by 6 points is the comparable? The only thing that makes them comparable is that they both had 3 years left on their contract.
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That is twisting the stats quite a bit. Booth was 26 years old at the time, had played all 82 games the season before, and had a 60 point season under his belt. The reason he was had for cheap was because of his salary and the term of his salary, which is why Tanguay has no value (Tanguay has his age lowering his value)
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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
The odd thing about your example is that if there is a comparable in that trade it is Samuelsson, he is closer to Tanguay's age, not quite as productive as Tanguay but definitely a better comparable in that trade. And the answer to that riddle would be that Mikael got the Canucks a young winger and a 3rd round draft pick.
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Samuellson is a terrible comparison because he didn't have 3 more years left on a huge deal. I admit that if Tanguay was an upcoming UFA, a team would want him as a rental, probably more than Samuellson as he is a better player