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Originally Posted by polak
Johnny is one of the best players this team has ever seen, the fact that all of the sudden so many posters are trying to throw him under the bus to try and justify why he hasn't been signed is absolutely ridiculous.
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Am I missing something?
I didn't calculate it all out but eyeballing it, it seems people want him for around 7.25 million dollars. And that's with a likely bias of being a fan of the team and wanting a team-friendly deal above a fair value.
Anyways that 7.25M would make him the 19th highest paid forward in the world, and the youngest of that group by over a year.
Of those other 18 forwards, ten play centre. That would make him the 9th highest paid winger (LW or RW).
Of those other 8 wingers, six have already helped their team get to at least a conference final if not a Stanley Cup. That would make him one of three high paid wingers to have yet to appear in a conference final (Ovechkin and Voracek being the other two).
Despite all of this.
Nearly Everyone is fine with it. Perfectly content.