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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Stempniak signed a 1 year deal at 1M. That what 3rd line NHL fillers go for.
Raymond signed a 1 year deal for 1M the year before.
the NHL is not a socialist collective.... If you are going to pay Monahan, Gaudreau, Brodie and Gio and Wideman 6-8M a year the 3rd liners will have to make 1M /year...... and Raymond is/was a career 3rd liner.
Perreault signed by Winnipeg 9M 3 years... cheaper than Raymond) was a smallish 18 goal scorer on a solid playoff team that plays a lot more like Byron than Raymond..... 69 hits in 58 games this year. 73 hits in 69 games last year with the Ducks.
His last 3 year scoring 40 goals 90 pts was the same as Raymonds (39 goals 95 pts) and he is 2 years younger. He also won 53% of his 800 facesoff with the Ducks.
What I most disliked about the Raymond signing was that he was taking up one of the 4 soft spots that a team can have.
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Stempniak was coming off an injury riddled 4 goal season, and an 8 goal campaign the year before. And he's 3 years older.
Matthieu Perrault proves my point, not yours - that a guy the same age with roughly the same points is worth about $3M. So does Jussi Jokinen, who made a million more. So does Zuccarello - younger, about the same points, about the same money.
I see in your cherry picking you ignored Stalberg, who was signed the year before and the same age, position and salary. Less points.
So who should Treliving
assumed was going to play in the 4 "soft spots"?