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Originally Posted by Gaudreauvertime
Poor performance or poor results? He created just as many scoring chances on the road, just had poor shooting percentage on the road and great shooting percentage at home.
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Its a results business.
Its pretty obvious when other teams had last change, he was able to be contained in a big way. He may or may not get that figured out, but the bottom line is he had very average results in half the games. Undeniable.
He is no where near proven enough or won enough at the NHL level to be compensated at a level that would place him among the elite.
As Francis mentions in the article there is NO way a Burke/Treliving run team is going to annihilate their cap structure for a 5'8" dynamo that carries concerns in his overall game.
7 million for 7 years is fair value and if he doesnt think so, or is allowing his agent to play chicken over it, he can go ahead and sit out and never ever make up the money lost.
This thing will get done and hopefully its under 7 for 8 years even though its unlikely.