So to the folks who are saying this won’t age well, or are saying he may not live up to the AAV… you do know that 4.4 is not a huge salary and so not really a huge risk for Florida, yes?
Florida is not banking on him sustaining a 1.5 point per game pace, or even expecting 1 point per game, at that dollar figure.
Using the rough guideline of 100K / point, that is what a 45 point guy gets. He obviously didn’t hit 45 points in Calgary with his utilization, but with Florida utilization, he took a significant step up in production
A couple of data points to frame what players approaching point per game, and what 4.4 million gets
- Matthew Tkachuk has not hit a point per game yet and the Flames are committed to qualifying him at 9 million dollars
- Calgary signed Brouwer in 2016 for 4x4.5. That was for a 40ish point guy.
I think Sam is more likely to give good value for the dollar than end up being a regrettable signing for Florida
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