The point isn't that we gain 500k, more that we take on a contract of considerable length of a player who has ONLY produced in contract years(one year extension after his 45 point season), has character concerns, and put up his worst ever season after he got his big contract.
A player like that is definitely salvageable and maybe he needs a change of scenery, but if you score at a 22 point clip(pro rated) after you get your big contract WHEN there are character concerns I'd love to hear how there is value there.
To put this in perspective, Kotalik scored 27 points one season into his 3 years and 9 million dollar deal. He couldn't get off our roster quick enough and was waived not 4 months after we acquired him, when we had clearly acquired him as an asset and not a cap dump. 6'1, 225, great shot but needs a set up man or is useless.
Looking at stats, Jones was the WORST of any Avs forward who played at least 15 games in terms of on/off ice plus minus, points and goals per 60 minutes, PDO, and offensive zone finishes.
I would really love to hear how a player with character concerns who has only produced in career years and looked useless after getting his money holds ANY value. Avs fans thought he was a buyout candidate, and we have good old Jay telling us how much he uses advanced statistics and even they can't flatter Jones in any manner. So he fails the eye test, character test and statistical test, and he's never won anything in his career. But he's worth Tanguay who was our leading scorer most of last year and additional salary. I'd love to hear how.
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