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Old 08-20-2021, 11:31 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion View Post
And all of those contracts are also very bad.

Anyway the one-year aspect of it is fine. It's just too much money for one year and an indictment of the Flames' decision to trade for this player in the first place. Just a pretty bad bet to acquire a low-upside player with a low-upside contract.
I think it's just the market for d-men.

$10M+ is an elite d-man now.

$7-10M is a top pairing dman (Nurse, Jones, Werenski)

$5-7M is second pairing / above average d-man

$2-4M pretty much gets you replacement level players.

$1-2M gets you 6/7 dmen or guys on show me deal.
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