I will say yes, but that doesn't automatically mean they always take the highest $ offered either, otherwise you wouldn't have instances like Selanne and Kariya to the Avs for cheap, nor would both Suter and Parise signed in Minnesota together when Suter had a larger offer from Detroit and Parise had a larger offer from Pittsbugh. They both took less money in Minnesota (while still being a lot of money, all the offers were so high, that money did become secondary in deciding between them).
I don’t think so. I think Suter still has a couple years of top 4 value. Then you still have the option to buy him out at a better hit if that is still needed. I think Parise wouldn’t last 2 more years before his body says enough. But now they are paying for the personal satisfaction of removing them from the team for whatever reason they think they are poisonous to the team.
They wouldn't have gotten more cap relief by buying them out later; the buyout hits in 2023-25 (the 2 "bad" years) only go down by a few hundred thousand. This was the only year that buyouts offered any kind of advantage to the team.
He played the most minutes and within seconds of #1D in /G. Don’t tell me you are so brainwashed that you think he goes from that to nothing in a summer.
Who said he was a #1D? If you are going to come at me going out of your way to be obnoxious at least talk about something I actually said. I’m pointing out the obvious. If you want to be seen as not just another Guerin Lemming the least you could make a real point that refutes what I have said otherwise I’ll just keep bringing up that giant hole in the cap space over an ego dispute.
Tell that to the Bruins, Avs, Pens and Lightning (no tax helps but they still could have demanded market aav). If you've made the NHL you've achieved financial success. When you get to the double digit aavs you're starting to hurt your teams competitiveness. There's no way around that, we see the evidence every year come playoff time. I really don't think all these guys #1 priority is money once they've gotten to the salary level that being a star in the NHL comes with. Whats really the difference in your quality of life and happiness at 9.5M salary vs 12M+? Some guys want that extra money some guys want a cup.
If we've learned anything about these absurdly long contracts, the players almost always go LTIR once their contract is becoming a real issue.
For those without a subscription, it does not mention Minnesota's center situation and LeBrun's take is that he re-signs in Minnesota.
