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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
The Ryan Kesler contract doesn't seem to get a lot of flak league-wide.
48 games played, 4 goals, 2 assists, -21. 34 years old and signed at $6.875M for the next three seasons.
Oof.
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I think the Kesler contract is Exhibit A as the prime example of having to sign a contract that will eventually stink at a time when the team is in its last legs of being a SC contender.
Kesler was a key contributor to Anaheim’s SC chances and letting him simply leave would have been a sign that their competitive window was closed. They took their last chance.
His contract likely makes no difference anyway, they are in a rebuild stage regardless of his contract.
I don’t think this was a situation where Anaheim misread the situation; they simply plugged their nose and inked the contract.
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