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Originally Posted by Jason14h
NHL GM's have already figure out long contracts to old players is bad
https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/contract...ength/dir/desc
Last year the only contracts over 5 years given out to 30 + year old players were
Hellebuyck (30 - 7 years)
Scheifele (30 - 7 Years)
Montour ( 30 - 7 Years)
Skjei (30 -7 years)
Stephenson (30 - 7 years)
Tanev (34 - 6 years)
And that's only 4 teams in the NHL giving out those 6 deals. Winnipeg needing to keep their two stars, Seattle trying to make an impact with loads of cap room, and Nashville.
Then there's the only one really sticks out and it's by the same dope who signed Huberdeau. Basically there is one super idiotic GM making the most horrible signings |
That list isn’t really accurate, or at very least doesn’t tell the whole story.
Carolina signed Slavin to an 8 year that starts at 30, for example, and Colorado signed Toews to a 7 year that starts at 29 (which fits into signing a 30 year old for >5 years).
Just to name a couple.
Guys like Lindholm, Verhaege, Reinhart, Mayfield, Guentzel, Miller, and Theodore should probably all be included, as they were all signed to longer term contracts (over 5 years) over the last year and a bit that take them past 35.