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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
For the last 3 seasons combined, he has played at a 49.7 point pace. I am willing to call it 50 for the sake of argument.
That also ranks him 37th in the league among Cs over that time.
Of course his production will slow by the end of the contract. But we are getting him below market right now, and the cap will rise. That's the cost of doing business.
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Lol. Guy has hit 50 once in his career. Other than that ONE season, he has been over 40 points one other time.
Once in 7 full seasons. And unless he hits 50 this year, that's once in 8 seasons.
Now all of the sudden he is a consistent 50 point player?
You can love the contract without stretching the facts or making stuff up.
I haven't seen anyone in this thread try to argue that he isn't a second line centre right now, or that he doesn't bring elite defensive play. He is and he does. I even think $5.35 right now is very good deal.
But this is a 6 year deal. We will be extremely lucky if his play only declines at the end of the contract, as you are suggesting. I think it's much more likely that his play will decline earlier than the end.
It happens to most players in that age range. You very rarely get great value out of these kinds of contracts.
These arguments about the last 2 or 3 years not mattering are fine now, but I suspect the fan base may feel differently when we ar paying $5.35 M per year to a 3rd line centre that still has two more years on the contract.