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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The $5.25M this year is also irrelevant when comparing the contracts. As is having to move out salary to make room for him.
The contracts are 7x$7 and 7x$8. Kadri is a more complete player, Miller is probably a little better offensively, and Kadri is a little older. Pretty close comparison overall, but you two are doing gymnastics to try and justify your (fairly biased) positions.
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I'm fine with disregarding the bolded, but someone was arguing that Kadri actually being a UFA was a meaningful point in his favour...
I don't have a strong opinion. I think Miller's contract is pretty good. I think Kadri's is super high risk, but I'm fine with chips in now as I don't think this team will be sustainable long-term contender.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I understand the math (which is why I posted it), but Miller never produced at that pace before. He was top line C and PP1 in VAN, which is going to bump his stats.
Switch their roles, and put Kadri in his place in VAN, and make Miller the #2 C in COL - the numbers would look very different.
When talking points, opportunity matters a lot.
The real question is: should he be a #1 C? IMO, the answer is: not if you want to be a competitive team. Like Kadri, he is a great #2 C.
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NYR and TBL both had stacked forward groups when Miller was there. He capitalized at his first big opportunity.
Kadri had several years with Bozak as his competition for 1C. But at the same age that Miller blossomed, Kadri had Matthews/Marner/Nylander parachute in...though he did mange b2b 32 goal seasons, followed by 2/3 mediocre seasons (1 was solid+)