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Originally Posted by HitterD
Well to be fair, Johnny only had 49 points in 56 games that season, and only 58p in 70 games the year before. He wasnt looking like he was worth much more than $6.5 maybe 7 at the most, and i assume Treliving expected a counter offer.
Other than the 115 point contract year that next season, Johnny has had 2 seasons in Columbus most similar to the 2 years prior, with 74p in 80games and 60p in 81 games this year.
Treliving made a lot of mistakes but signing johnny to a huge contract would have been another (although may have avoided the Huberdeau mistake)
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In this case though, around $8M would have been close to market for Johnny, and if they'd signed him in that range a lot of what's transpired since might not have.