Yamazaki
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Damn... he hasn’t aged gracefully. He looks like the guy who installed my cable.
Phaneuf must have been scratched a couple times when he was still a top pairing guy in TOR or even CGY.
Yeah. 4 years at below market is an embarrassment compared to some of the crap getting dealt out there for 8 years.Color me shocked that this contract is already looking bad . . .
Yeah. 4 years at below market is an embarrassment compared to some of the crap getting dealt out there for 8 years.
Which lead to what?
Phaneuf was never a healthy scratch with Toronto or Calgary. He missed some time due to injury. When healthy though, he played 24+ minutes per night.Phaneuf must have been scratched a couple times when he was still a top pairing guy in TOR or even CGY.
He was the only player we traded a 1st + for at the deadline. As the presidents leading team at the time it was a steep price to pay.The Capitals had Shattenkirk for like 2 months, dont blame the 10 year piss poor playoff run on him.
Phaneuf was never a healthy scratch with Toronto or Calgary. He missed some time due to injury. When healthy though, he played 24+ minutes per night.
He was our best D man by a mile. No chance he was ever a healthy.
Meh. He's not earning the money he makes, but you could find a taker if you were motivated. Staal, on the other hand, is a train wreck and I don't think you're going to find a comfy landing for him elsewhere.It's a bad contract just like the others are bad contracts lol. Shattenkirk should never be paid that sort of money, he doesn't defend.
He's been crap but he hasn't played NHL speed hockey in 10 months or so. He isn't mad, as someone claimed. He took the benching in stride and knows he needs to work harder on the ice. Quinn is utilizing a struggling veteran player, that he knows can mentally handle it, to show that nobody is above being benched. Hopefully Marc Staal is next.
Enjoy that salary NYR! Didn't like comments he made when exiting. Glad he's not a part of the Capitals organization anymore.
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This whole fiasco seems like an overreaction.
Shattenkirk has played 3 games since he was shut down half way through last season due to his knee injury. Plus there is a new coach with an entirely new system. He will play his way back to form and at this point is being used to make an example of.
Let's also not act surprised that he isn't great defensively, this is nothing new. The Rangers knew what they were getting in Shattenkirk and the rest of the league knows his game. He simply cannot be a top pairing defenseman without someone who is defensively sound as his partner.
The contract also isn't nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. We were extremely lucky to get a 4 year term as opposed to the longer 6+ year deals that he was offered from other teams.
Remember the time the Devils wanted to sign this guy too? I'm sure you were against it the whole time.It's a bad contract just like the others are bad contracts lol. Shattenkirk should never be paid that sort of money, he doesn't defend.
Phaneuf must have been scratched a couple times when he was still a top pairing guy in TOR or even CGY.
Remember the time the Devils wanted to sign this guy too? I'm sure you were against it the whole time.
Did you know who happens to be the 8th highest paid defenseman in the NHL this year?
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In actual dollars, he’s earning more money than Norris Trophy winners and candidates.