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Originally Posted by ComixZone
He gave non-NHL players/human anchors James Neal (5.75M) and Troy Brouwer (4.5M) significant money and term. Hyman is at least a good player, so it doesn't seem out of character that he'd be backing up the truck to overpay.
It's just what he does in free agency.
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Hyman is nothing special in my opinion. His points per game have been strong the past couple years but we are still talking about a guy who is 29 and has scored 21 goals and 41pts as a career high. At least Neal came with a decade of 20 goal years and back to back trips to the finals and Brouwer came after an impressive playoff run and also came with a cup ring.
To me Hyman is a product of the Toronto media and is a nice player who should be looking at the Toffoli deal and not a max term deal at $7M.
I honestly feel like this is Treliving screwing with Holland after the Oilers tossed the big 7 year deal at Marky last offseason.
End of the day I think Hyman does better playing with McDavid than he does with Monahan but regardless it will be an overpay in the first year or two and will be a future buyout