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Originally Posted by Cheerio
If Engelland can get 3x3, why is it so hilarious that a better player in Schlemko would get something similar?
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Because he is overpaid on purpose (was it to meet cap floor?) and serves multiple roles. You don't overpay Schlemko to meet Engelland's numbers when Engelland's numbers are overpayment. You pay him normal salary.
Engelland was acquired because he could fit the following roles:
- Work ethic
- RW in a pinch (Based on how worried Treliving may have been regarding our RW weakness last year)
- Defence
- Enforcer
- Meet cap floor?
Pure speculation from me on this point, perhaps he was a backup plan to Setoguchi and McGrattan as well. Engelland might not be a great RW, but can play RW in a pinch and for sure would have easily kept pace with these two guys above who were penciled in at the beginning of the year. It was worth overpaying Engelland to have flexibility in a player for meeting several team weaknesses (RW and D).
Schlemko meets maybe two of the above. Not worth overpaying at this point. And I don't see the support that Schlemko is better than Engelland. IIRC, Engelland played more than Schlemko. That supports the opposite.