Robidas Island is LTIR and is available regardless of age. Robidas was also signed after 35 I think??
The problem with throwing out the max offer is that it just might work? Then you are back to still being a team hemmoraging money and no cash to make the roster great from either the cash standpoint or the Cap stand point. There are many smarter moves for a team to make. Max contract just doesn't make sense. If I'm a GM in bad need of a number 1 center this summer Point is my target. You can pay him large and still have plenty of Cap room available for other improvements.
For the Yotes and their financial position they can't do any such OS. But a new owner could, but won't. TO, like Edmonton did with McDavid, will probably have to offer AM the max or close to it. Not only is it almost impossible to trade for a 1C, it is even more impossible to get a generational talent like AM. IF the Yotes, with new ownership, did such a thing and were successful, the team would be a success overnight. Mind you, there are probably other less risky ways for this team to become a success.
Of course It's good, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. But I don't believe you will find many coaches who are willing to spend hours every week with one player in the hopes of getting him back to the 40 point area. There are just better ways to spend their time.
Calling players out in the media isn't productive for the coach or the player long term. All coaches have tried to fix Duclair.
Article in the Athletic, nice to see someone in power actually call out poor performance.Oof.... can’t repost the tweet due to site rules but Stars ownership called out Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn for playing like “<bleeping> horse <bleep>”
Yeah right, if DT did this you and others would be calling out DT for doing this. I think Torts called him out as last resort. Duclair has little to no grey matter between the ears. To bad, I really liked the kid.
I see no harm in calling out players. If these millionaires can handle the heat, get out of the kitchen. Us fans pay a lot of money for these babies and I want to see them perform.
