Aceboogie
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Bobby Ryan, Zach Parise and Brent Seabrook all say hi. The hyperbole only makes your argument look weaker, not stronger.
Russell earned that contract last year. Anyone disputing that is bonkers. We'll see where he ends up in three years time.
$1.5m really? Who are two defencemen who were on the wire for $1.5M last season that played better than Russell? Can you name one? Davidson was making pretty close to that money, $1.425M, and hit the waiver wire. Davidson is no where near the player Russell is. That's your comparable at that money. Again, hyperbole only makes your argument weaker.
So McLellan played Lucic where he deserved to play at the end of last season, third line and fourth on occasion, despite him making $6M. But for some reason McLellan is going to 'overplay' Russell because of salary considerations. Why would a coach take salary into account with a defenceman and not a winger?
Hyperbole? You list 3 contracts that *may* be worse and you claim thats a hyperbole. How hard was it for you to find worse contracts? That should have bene your first sign how bad the contract is. For the record, none of those contracts are outright worse than Lucics. Ryan and Parise are better players. Parises is arguably only worse due to the term being almost double as it was given out pre rule changes. Seabrook is equally as bad of a player with similar bad length. Dude mustered 34 points playing beside the best player in the league (or another good center)
Lucic was shoehorned in the top 6/ top line for 95 % of this season. That is literally TM overplaying a player based on the contract, not the skill and ability of a player. We had better options than Lucic, and he got the nod due to him being paid so much. Russell played too high in the lineup, but had to as we had no better options. Once the better options come, well see how TM handles it. He overplayed players in SJ and has done it with Lucic, so I will bet a ton that Russell will continue to play in the top 4, not because hes shown hes worthy of it, but because of the contract
Luke Schenn, Nick Holden, John Moore. There is 3 UFA D upcoming that will sign for around 1.5 mil that I would take over Russell contracts aside. I would take Davidson over Russell contracts considered