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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
Is Brouwer that much of a playoff performer though? Aside from a good postseason last year his numbers aren't very good. He's got lots of playoff experience but who wouldn't playing most of your career on Chicago and Washington. I hope he bounces back too, I just think we could have put that 4.5M towards someone else.
And Frolik was fine last season - had some injury troubles and still managed .5 ppg in a shutdown role.
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Who else would you have put that 4.5M towards?
C Helm 3.85 x5
RW Ladd 5.5 x7
LW Lucic 6 x7
C Nielsen 5.25 x6
LW Perron 3.75 x2
C Backes 6 x5
RW Eriksson 6 x6
RW Okposo 6 x7
RW Brouwer 4.5 x4
C Staal 3.5 x3
LW McGinn 3.3 x3
LW Boedker 4 x4
The list goes on but massively overpaying for slightly better players (50-60pts in Ladd and Okposo) is something I'm glad we avoided. You could point to players like Perron and Radulov as signing some great contracts but chances are they went to those teams specifically.
Given the context of how last season went, the weaknesses we had was getting another top 6 RW and Brouwer has been consistently a guy who could play throughout the top 9 while providing physicality and leadership. Like Elliot, it was a move that hasn't paid off but easy to fault it given the short time frame.