In what world is he anything but a 1st line player?
Even if you ignore his intangibles like PK and being a pain in the ass to play against and all the fancy stats, and if you only go off his scoring stats....
He was the 7th highest scoring LW in the league last year.
Maybe at the tail end of this deal it wont look as good but for the next few years? Its a no-brainer for both sides.
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