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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Minnie is paying two plus 30 year old bottom line calibre LWs a total of about $6.3M - Cooke and Bergenheim. Plus they are paying Kyle Brodziak 2.8.
If Matt Cooke makes $2.5, Mason Raymond is worth 3.
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Nah. They are different players. Cooke, Bergenheim (rental), and Brodziak can grind and have proven their worth in the playoffs. If Cooke is worth $2.5M in the playoffs, Raymond is worth like $2M or less. You can hate him all you want, but Cooke has played almost double the number of playoff games Raymond has ,and has a higher PPG average over a larger sample size.
I'll take Raymond over any of those three guys on the 2nd line, but come playoffs time I am taking any of those three guys over Raymond to play on the bottom lines.