Man the sky is always falling with you. I don't even care for Reaves, but if you spend $1m or $3m on him it doesn't matter, its the going rate, they didn't outbid anyone to get him, so there is no payscale that applies to VGK and no one else. If agents for other players demand some precedent setting scale that only applies to one team, tell them go find another team who buys into that sort of pricing. This is it for Reaves, his one decent pay day. For now GMs will believe there is still a chance he finds another level and puts up 25-30 points so why complain if the young man has made sure he's taken care of because his style of play you never know what issues he may have after he hangs them up. And if he doesn't improve he will be back to $1m deals and hoping he can keep his career going.
I don't get why there is so much complaint on Reaves and almost nothing on Holden. That's a bad contract. You already have Merrill, the same player really. If D get hurt you have Holm and other assorted mediocrity in the minors. And you want to get Whitecloud into the lineup, plus Brannstrom and Hague knocking on the door? Holden is just stupid, but you'd rather harp on Reaves.
They did outbid for Reaves. He was offered a 3 year deal with the same amount of money from another team, but vgk didn't want to do the 3 years and they gave him the same total money over the course of 2 years instead of 3.
Holden's deal is a lot less than reaves. Reaves makes 5.5m total over the life of his contract and Holden makes 4.4m.
I would have preferred to without both players as both could be replaced with cheaper internal options. As a potential money crunch could happen after this upcoming season if they take on expensive trades in a contract, pay the core players, and add in other areas. The jets lost out on Stastny because they didn't have enough money to squeeze him in this year and they will be up at the cap ceiling when everyone is due for big raises in another season. The team should not overpay these types of players. There were better and cheaper options at the bottom 6 and 3rd dline pairing.
Reaves with 25 points? Can I have what you're smoking? Reaves has never gotten over 13 points in his entire career. If you want to bet on it, let me know. I'd set the over/under at 20 if you think he'll go over 20 points.
I don't what it is about him that gets your all tingly. Tell me what about Reaves gets you going? DSP is only making 1m a season and he's got much more skill than Reaves. Plekanec is making less and on a 1 year deal. Those two alone would upgrade the bottom 6 with skill and are way bigger scoring threats. There's no need for a goon player. We have guys that will fight if another team is taking liberties at our top line. Reaves didn't even make Tom Wilson pay.
That 2.775m could have been better spent elsewhere. Just because there's cap space now, it doesn't mean you have to spend it on overpaying Reaves.
What if they get EK and Bobby Ryan? Thats 19m right there. Then there's our own ifa and rfa players to pay. What if they all have career or near career seasons again? If Wild Bill scores 35 to 40 goals again, hes not going to take 6m a season. He's going to make 7 to 9m if puts that many pucks in the net and if he becomes a better playmaker and gets much assists. Basically a point a game player. Maybe 10 if he hits 40 plus goals again.
This year looks safe. The season after that could be right at the limit if everyone plays great again and with expensive additions. I would like some breathing room so if a cap strapped team has to sell off a solid player at a bargain to clear cap, then I'd like the team to have that type of flexibility. If EK comes to Vegas, a lot of guys could be looking at yet another career high season with h added to the lineup.
