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Originally Posted by cannon7
Career years for Giordano, Hudler, Brodie, Colborne, Russell, etc.
Injuries for Cammaleri and Glencross, tragedy for Stajan.
What is Hartley supposed to do with our vets?
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NHL career earnings at the start of last year:
Brodie 1M
Colburne < 1M
Russell had a career best 29 pts and a the worst -11 since his rookie year.
Cammalleri played very well below expectations under Hartley in 2012-13 and then was so bad in 2013-14 no one would give up a 2nd round pick at the trade deadline..... Cammalleri showed he had the talent ... starting the day after the trade deadline but under Hartley he was basically showing up to collect a pay check.
That Cammalleri never flourished under Hartley's coaching until it was made clear that it was going to cost him a lot of money going forward it a real warning sign.
A successful NHL coach has to get his best highest paid player to play like they are the best players.
Once a player gets over 10M in earnings (either past or guaranteed future earnings) then a coach has a more difficult time getting full commitment to playing hard.
Darryl Sutter getting the long term guys with > 10M in the bank on LA to play so hard for so long is a significant accomplishment.
What indication has Hartley given that he will be able to do this? He is batting 2 for about 20 in this category over the last 2 years... (Gio and Hudler)
What Hartley gets out of Stajan who likely has signed his last big contract and Raymond who just became financial secure for life will be an indication if he is really an NHL level coach.