TheDawnOfANewTage
Dahlin, it’ll all be fine
- Dec 17, 2018
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It's 50/50 whether you get an ok deal out of the contract, though there are only a few slam dunks
Some good/decent examples - Looking at 7mil contracts with term, post lockout
- Pietrangelo is an example of a good contract, Vegas won the cup and Pietrangelo was a part of that
- Chara was an elite signing for the Bruins
- Maybe Kovalchuk as well if he didn't go back to Russia
- Bobrovsky is overpaid, but hasn't been bad per se
- Brian Campbell was a decent #2 dman for what he signed for
- Dougie Hamilton TBD
The rest are mediocre to downright horrible
- Karlsson won the Norris, but just one good season doesn't make up for it
- Johnny Gaudreau is looking mediocre right now, but it's early
- Tavares was good for years 1-5, but not good enough. Maybe it would have been ok if the Leafs actually had playoff success
- Ryan Suter and Parise were both bought out in the middle of the contract and were not close to worth it
- Brad Richards was bought out early in the contract
- Scott Gomez sucked and was bought out
- Chris Drury sucked and was bought out
Drury’s knee got f***ed up, if I recall correctly, not that that changes anything. What about Briere? Always liked him more, and he was a beast for Philly in playoffs. Often hurt, but I’d say that worked ok.
I have some sympathy for what Leafs were trying with Tavares, feels a bit 20/20 hindsight to say the playoff failure makes it a bad deal.. but it’s also Tavares. Maybe they shoulda known not to make that bet.