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19Yzerman19 · 04-06-2014, 08:02 PM

Lest we forget that all 5.5M - 5.75 buys you on the UFA market is Matt Carle, Tobias Enstrom and James Wysniewski apparently.

I honestly think that having a guy be overpaid by a mil isn't the end of the world. The problem is paying bank for guys who you'd just as well not have at all. Toronto's problem isn't Dion Phaneuf, it's that they left Macarthur walk so that they could pay Clarkson much more money, and Grabovski walk so they could play Bozak on the top line. It's that kind of bonehead move that hurts them - the guys that should be playing for them are playing for other teams.

04-06-2014, 08:02 PM	#48
19Yzerman19 Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jun 2013 Exp:	Lest we forget that all 5.5M - 5.75 buys you on the UFA market is Matt Carle, Tobias Enstrom and James Wysniewski apparently. I honestly think that having a guy be overpaid by a mil isn't the end of the world. The problem is paying bank for guys who you'd just as well not have at all. Toronto's problem isn't Dion Phaneuf, it's that they left Macarthur walk so that they could pay Clarkson much more money, and Grabovski walk so they could play Bozak on the top line. It's that kind of bonehead move that hurts them - the guys that should be playing for them are playing for other teams. Last edited by 19Yzerman19; 04-06-2014 at 08:05 PM.