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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Is that true?
Bean had 25 points in 63 games that same year (Kylington got 31 points in 73 games). And the following year Valimaki got 34 points in 78 games. I think these guys have had pretty similar trajectories (minus the leave of absence for Kylington).
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I think so.
IIRC some of the Advanced metrics had him as a top 20 dman in the NHL that season based on average game score. He looked like a legit game breaker, especially before his injury that season. He was playing tougher minutes than Bean or Valimaki did and looked like a legitimate top 4 dman.
If he continued that level of play for the next two seasons and didn't have his personal issues then there wouldn't be a lot of people questioning a 4x $2.5M contract.
So it's just if you want to take the risk that you think he could be that guy again and try to buy low on him.
Personally I would not have advocated for that...but NHL GMs have given out worse contracts before.