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Originally Posted by jayswin
Is a 60 point, second line centre considered overpaid at his contract in todays NHL, though? I think the 7X7 is more reflective of his career average stats than his career season last year.
Now if you're making an argument that teams need to be paying young players for what they're on track to become than veterans for what they've accomplished in the past, then I'm with you.
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not in a nutshell, but when the guy is 32 years old and coming off an absolute mirage of a season, anyone who was signing him to a 7x7 contract was going to regret that sooner or later. Now as others have said, the point total itself isn't that big of a problem, it was more the apparent lack of effort in the second half of the season.
I still hope he'll come good for the Flames. I was in the minority hating this signing back then, but even I thought we'd get a few good seasons out of him before it goes downhill. Forget the term for a minute: does he look like a 7m/season guy right now? Absolutely not IMO. You pair that with the term and the fact that we traded a 1st for the pleasure of giving him this contract, and it becomes really bad. Hope he can turn it around.