[Signing] Philly signs Kevin Hayes (7 years, $7.14 mil AAV)

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

Paying Hayes a few million more than what many felt he was worth is not going to affect whether Philly can afford Johnny or not.

Premium players will always get paid and teams will always find a way to pay them.

We'll see on July 1st after Drunk Fletcher blows some of his 20m on more mid tier UFAs. He's also got Provorov to sign.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

So every player better than Ray Whitney will be scoring plenty at 39 years of age?

Someone forgot to tell Lanny McDonald.

I wouldn't used the outlier to prove the premise.

I also wouldn't use a player from an era when guys used training camp to quit smoking to disprove it either.

Johnny may not be a 12 million-dollar player when he's 38. He probably won't be.

From 30-36 however? He doesn't get hit and has no notable injuries. As long as that continues, he's the exact sort of player who can play at an elite level well into his 30s.