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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
That’s a lot of cash for a guy that’s never played in the NHL. The Oilers at least wait until a guy has proven he’s not good enough to be an NHLer before handing out $4.5M AAVs.
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While you never know, Gusev's most logical comparable is Panarin, and that worked out just fine for Chicago et al.
In fact, IIRC, Gusev's stats were better than Panarin's.
NJ has the cap room, this is a reasonable gamble on their part.