Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
The only current UFAs who made even close to that amount in their last contract are Ovechkin, Geltzlaf and Hall.
On the other hand Brandon Saad would be a clear upgrade and he made $6M in his last contract. He might make $7M next time out. Landeskog would be an upgrade, he made $5.5 and he will get more, but not $3.5 more. Reinhart won't be getting $9M. Johannson won't. Palmieri won't. |
Yes you are correct all these guys won't get $9 mil but I doubt any would sign for $5.15 either...with the Oilers. You also could make a case that half of these guys are no better than Nuge and some who are better are on teams that have more depth and give that player better chance to succeed.
The main reason why most think Nuge is overrated is his numbers when playing away from both McDavid and Drasaitl aren't very good. But when he isn't playing with those 2, who is he playing with? Neal? Kassian? Archibald? How did Gaudreau and Monahan play when Neal was on their line? Is it because Nuge is really that bad or is it because the Oilers have 3 good forwards. If they add good depth players you could see Nuge numbers get better away from the big 2. $5.15 is a good deal and yes the term sucks but I bet Flames fans would take Johnny on an 8 year deal is he signed for $5.75 per year and he is 29 years old playing that deal to 37.
It could blow up on the Oilers and we could find out that this deal really hurts the Oilers but Nuge should have been able to get $6.5 for sure in free agency so $5.15 is looking very good from them