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Originally Posted by Enoch Root

lol at all the false narratives and incorrect assertions, the worst being "on a contender like Tampa, he's a 3rd liner". Here's a tip: do a bit of research before you state garbage that is wrong - it literally only takes a few seconds.

Coleman was among Tampa's forwards in points - ahead of Cirelli, who everyone thinks is a legit 2nd liner. In fact, he outproduced him by almost 50% (31 pts to 22), DESPITE the fact that Cirelli got 2 minutes per game of PP time and Coleman got 20 seconds.

The whole 'he is a 2nd liner, he is a 3rd liner' is garbage anyway. I think a better test of contract value is the (overly simple) $1M/10 pts rule.

2018/19: 36 pts
2019/20: 40 pt pace
2020/21: 46 pt pace

(all with basically no PP time).

Those numbers put him at about $4.5M, and trending in the right direction. $4.9M, with the UFA premium, is pretty much on the mark. The only concern is term, and frankly, I say deal with that when it comes - according to most of the naysayers here, we'll be in a rebuild before then anyway.

But how much do you really expect someone who turns 30 this year, and is on a 6 year deal, to trend upward?