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Originally Posted by getbak
If he wasn't getting the offers he wanted on a multi-year deal, might as well cash in on a one-year and pad his stats on a bottom-feeder. No matter how bad a team is, someone will still score points for them.
If his numbers dip, he has the excuse that he was playing for a bottom-feeder and didn't have the supporting players.
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Sure, I get that the offers weren't rolling in (hi Kadri) but as for excuses in his next contract, I'm not sure how far that will fly. Taylor Hall took a $2M pay cut on that gamble. And it turns out that it is about what he's worth (at best).