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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I don’t really mind Ryan but you can’t just compare to options on the farm. It’s the opportunity cost of the 3 year deal he received. He is pricey in dollars and term for serviceable NHL depth. As you say it’s still too early to make conclusions.
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Yeah I'm wary about how his deal and the Neal deal are going to look long term. UFA contracts are often a disappointment. You're almost never going to get a good value UFA deal unless the player just got bought out or is a reclamation project. 3ish million is far from crippling though. We had Stajan making more than he did for years and years when the cap was actually much lower. It is the most important position up front so if you're going to slightly overpay for one position it probably should be centre. And we have Monahan, Backlund and Janko all on reasonable contracts IMO so the money we're spending on centre as a whole is perfectly fine. Our 4 centres combined still make significantly less than McDavid/Draisaitl which is pretty funny.
But yeah, time will tell on that one.