Filthy Dangles
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Sundin with Vancouver?
lol
Nah dawg that's Messier..... sorry VAN fans
Sundin with Vancouver?
lol
Chara is the best one I can think of. He was not only signed as a free-agent, he quickly became one of the best defensemen in the NHL. What a terrible oversight by the Ottawa Senators management group for letting him go.
Scott Niedermayer - Ducks
Well if that's the criteria you're using then players like Pavelski, Giordano and Bergeron qualify.As already explained, this is also including UFAs to be. Abdelkader didn't make it to UFA either because Detroit decided to sign him for eternity before he made it to UFA. Still an awful contract.
Well if that's the criteria you're using then players like Pavelski, Giordano and Bergeron qualify.
I was looking at CapFriendly with the list of players filtered to only show the ones signed at 28 or older and there's a mix. There's the obviously bad ones like Seabrook, the great ones like Bergeron and some that remain to be seen. Some other players that signed 5+ years are Burns, Marchand, Yandle, Byfuglien, Oshie, Backlund, Atkinson and Carlson. Some of these are going to look like good contracts by the end and some will look terrible but as a group they're all good players with the potential to stay that way.For sure.
It's looking like the whole "dont sign players in the late 20s/early 30s to long contracts" saying around here isnt always right.
Yes, but they have a chance to contend. Which I think is what his argument is. They might have had a better shot at contending if they did rebuild.Rebuilding teams don't always succeed. For every Buffalo Sabres, there is an Edmonton Oilers, or Arizona Coyotes. The Wild are doing fine.