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Originally Posted by Bingo
Inventing?
You don't think a top fighter/physical player would use Reeves current contract as a point of negotiation if Calgary was trying to bring one in?
Sorry man that's not inventing at all. I gave you the numbers based on correcting what the Flames had offered, which was fair. Just said the Reeves comparable going forward would be in play.
We just disagree on most things but I'm not inventing.
Glad to see CanadaMatt is happy though, you get a thanks every time you come after me.
And yeah .... one word answers look silly.
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A team would probably use Reaves as a comparable, but Lucic's agent would use Tom Wilson as a comparable.
I think Lucic could probably get something in between those two, which would put his market at least in the $3 million range.
2 years at $3 million per doesn't seem to out of whack to me and if that's the case, he's $2 million over paid.
As much as Lucic's production has declined, he still has a much better resume and overall skill set than Reaves. I would have preferred Reaves at $2,775,000 to Lucic at $5,200,000, but i'd probably prefer Lucic at $3,500,000 to Reaves.
As I stated in this thread earlier, when Wilson signed his big deal, his career high was 35 points, so $5,200,000 AAV for a heavy weight power forward who scores in the 35 to 50 point range is market.