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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
It's a 40M contract for a player with 100 games played coming off a 17 point season where he had a concussion. It's simply not a contract that is free from criticism.
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Thats actually what I am talking about. Saying "17 point season" just to support your point seems a bit misleading. His "17 point season" was actually 17 points in 36 games, which prorates to 20 goals and 39 points over a full season. Not to mention he was one of the most physical players on the team. He did this on the worst team in the league, as a 19 year old, while missing his usual centreman for most of the season (O'Reilly) and after a head injury.
He missed 11 games at the beginning of the season due to a concussion and didn't miss another game because of it for the rest of the season. Doesn't seem like a big deal.
Keep in mind he just came off a season in which he played all 82 games, nearly led the team in points, and won rookie of the year... and to top it all off he was selected as team captain the following off season. He was also the only Aves forward that played regularly that was a plus... and +20 at that.
Seems like a keeper.