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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Worrying about the latter years of the contract is pretty pointless at this point, IMO
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What? Age is too important to disregard. And cap management is the most important thing in hockey.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
The other thing is how the league is moving contract wise.
$4.9M is a lot of money but it's no longer top line cash. I mean Lindholm has the same contract and he's a top line player, but his contract was signed four years ago.
By averages $4.9M is somewhere between forward 4 and 5 on the average team. Coleman fits that pretty well.
Having said that I wouldn't be surprised to see him get points in a few consecutive games soon and end up on a 40 point pace instead of 31.
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Coleman is 30 years old, has 5 years left after this year, makes 4.9 mill person season, and is on pace for 26 points in year 1 of the deal. This should be the part of the deal where the Flames get some value if the contract has any value whatsoever. How many 26 point 30 year olds are even in the league at the age of 35? Blake Comeau?
If "forward 4 and 5" are getting 26 points, that's a problem. Luckily, other guys are stepping up.
Lucic's contract looks great in comparison when you consider the term remaining. Dube and Mangiapane are currently underpaid. Linholm's contract is great.
Backlund has a reasonable amount of term remaining. Lewis has been almost as productive as Coleman. Same goes for Tanev, Gudbranson, and even Zadorov.
Danault, Hyman, and Saad all signed similar contracts and are producing more.
Mikael Granlund signed a 4 year 5 mill per deal and is over a point per game this season.
The Palmieri and Hoffman contracts are looking better as well. Foligno and Haula have struggled, but they have short term.
Based on production, this has been by far the worst contract signed, across the league, in this past free agency. And it's not remotely close.
I'm pretty optimistic when it comes to the roster, prospects, development, drafting, etc. But I am unable to do the mental gymnastics necessary to make myself think long term UFA deals are anything but foolish. I hope I'm wrong. I was wrong about hating the Tanev signing. But this deal has all the signs of being dreadful for the better part of a decade. This is my last word on the subject - there's nothing more to be said.