North Cole
♧ Lem
- Jan 22, 2017
- 11,711
- 13,307
Because I don't want to overpay like we did in basically every trade that Holland has executed?Brown is 2nd in even strength points, 2nd in time on ice, 1st in time on ice per game, 2nd in ES toi per game, 1st in SH toi by almost double the guy in second, for Ottawa over the last 3 years. Most of those stats are about the same for every individual year. He is making $3.6m.
Why would he be relatively cheap?
They have had a tonne of roster turnover in three years and he has been a constant and is also a more vet player than most of their high end forwards. Makes sense that he will be getting that kind of ice time. No different than if we were in their position and had Nuge then a bunch of a kids. He won't be anywhere near the top of those lists on our team (sans maybe SH time), so that should be factored in on the price we are going to pay. Hell, if stays in OTT I expect he won't be at the top of those lists next season either.