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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Well, hopefully GMs learn some lessons from these contracts.
Some of those LWs are looking bad:
Benn has 16 points in 34 games, and 5 years left at 9.5. Ouch
Jeff Skinner is at 18 points in 34 games. His career best was 63 points last year albeit with 40 being goals. Still seemed high on signing and isn’t looking like value off the hop
Then you have some others like Patrick Kane. He delivers value for money individually, but this contract was signed long ago in concert with the Toews deal and spelled the end of the Hawks’ competitive window. The cap has finally risen to where they may be able to theoretically work with these deals, you could argue, but Chicago is having a really rough year
Likewise, Marner joins 2 other guys where the 3 of them eat up 33 million, so you have to consider how the deal fits in a team structure, in terms of who gets paid, and how you ice the rest of the team
I like Brad’s (what appears to be) pragmatism more than I like Hall north of 9. Because that becomes a horse to which you are hitching your wagon
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To be clear, I was not making a statement on the value of those contracts as much as trying to get a sense of the market.
If the Flames can make a trade, with a contract in place, I would not be happy with anything over 9M ( unless the term was less then 7 years, which It probably wont be). If the Flames could sign him 7 years at 8M then they should be all over it. Otherwise, I would be happy with trading for him as a pure rental, at a reduced cost.
The bottom line, is the Flames are a win now team, and with the exception of Valimaki, Pelletier, and really optimistically Phillips. They don't really have any players looking to improve their team next year. I would be happier for the Flames to push their chips in, make a genuine run at it then to play it safe.