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Originally Posted by Gaskal
Two of them seem to be favorites to win the Stanley Cup this year, so this is a non-issue.
Chicago:
$10.5M - Toews
$10.5M - Kane
$5.9M - Sharp
$5.275 - Hossa
Anaheim:
$8.625M - Perry
$8.25M - Getzlaf
$5M - Kesler
$3M - Cogliano
I highlighted Hossa there because I feel he's Hudler's comparable. Older, but steady and still can put up a lot of points...so is being paid accordingly with long term (TWELVE years). And with all the comparables to the Blackhawks we get, why can't Hudler be our Hossa?
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Hossa is a big guy, the older a player gets, the slower they get, the easier they get hit, the slower they recover from injuries. Even Hossa has slowed down considerably, but he's not a defensive liability out there because he's still big and strong.
With Hudler, it's all about his quickness. How much quicker is he going to get? He's probably only going to slow down. If he's not quick, then he's not capable of doing the skill tasks that he wants to do and he loses his one advantage over other players.
A slower Hudler is not going to be worth big money. His whole game is generating offense, and the more he slows, the less likely he's going to be able to do that. He doesn't have much else to offer other than leadership, but you don't pay $5 million plus for leadership. You can get that easily in the $500k veteran UFA bin every year.