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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Jeff Skinner signed for $3M after making $100M.
He’s got three straight 20 goal seasons and his last two were 30+.
Henrique is on a 2-year $6M deal - a 33 year old centre with 51 points last year gets more than that on the open market.
Arvidsson on a 2-year is a legit bounce back candidate, and $4M is not a bad number for him at all.
So it’s happened at least three times this off season alone.
It won’t be every player, but clearly there will always be quality veteran players who will take less after making their money to chase glory.
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I don't know why you've chosen to carry water for the Oilers but whatever.
Henrique Is 34 years old, hasn't played a full season due to injury in 5 years, and he's a 3rd or 4th line player. He may be slightly more than $3 on the open market, but the Oilers gave him 2 years to bring the AAV down. $3 million for 2 years of a 34-year old, 3rd/4th line player that likely won't play more than 3/4 of the season. Hardly any discount.
Skinner made $100M as one of the worst contracts in the league. He's a huge risk. He's 32. He's a defensive liability and if he's not scoring he's useless. 1/4 of his goals were on the Powerplay. He won't be playing on the PP in Edmonton unless they give unit 2 a couple seconds every other game. He signed a fair value "show me" contract.
Yes, Arvidsson is a bounce back candidate. He's also an injury risk. A back injury for a 31-year old is no small thing, especially when it caused him to miss basically the season. Until another injury took him out after he returned. Regardless, his last contract was $4.25 per year. He signed for $4 per year. Hard to say he warranted getting a raise, he signed a contract that values 31-year old injury return Arvidsson the same as 24-year old, healthy and higher production Arvidsson. No discount there.
So no, it hasn't happened 3 times this offseason alone, it hasn't happened at all. Oilers signed risky vets to market value contracts, no matter what the Oilers media or insane fanboys try to sell you.