no one could offer him the 8th year so even if he gave up a few hundred grad a year he made it up on the extra yr
So the discount doesn't count because he signed for the 8 years Toronto wanted to bring down the price? Lmao. Crazy logic.
I wonder how much Kessel could have made in that 8th year with a 100m+ cap.
i don't see him getting anymore anywhere else
That is nice. He would have, easily. Welcome to reality.
Lupul was an injury prone salary dump when we got him and he missed most of his ufa season so i don't why any team would offer him the term he got he here
Conveniently ignoring that he was a PPG player since joining the Leafs, and could have easily gotten more on the open market.
What do you think 4th line C's actually sign for ?
Except he wasn't just a 4th line C when we signed him. He was one of the best 4th-line centers, and one of the best PKers in the league, who showed potential to be a 3rd line center.
Colorado offered him the same, if not bigger contract, and no doubt others would have too.
We signed him when he was out with a concussion and he played like crap when he came back , no one was going to give him the deal he signed for , not to mention he was on the block for a long time before we traded for him with no takers
It doesn't matter what happened when he came back or the years after. When he was signed, it was at a significant discount. He was one of our best defensemen that year, WAS our PP, and PMD cost a premium. He would have easily gotten up to a million more on the open market, and he even admitted that he was taking a discount to play in Toronto.
Raymond got squeezed out with the cap dropping and wasn't even offered a contract , he knew Nonis so he came here . Ranger was in a very unique situation and shouldn't be used as an example .
You're delusional if you think other teams wouldn't have signed Raymond for $1 million+, especially after his pre-season.
Why exactly does Ranger's situation make him signing for super cheap with us a bad example? Because it disproves whatever theory you are trying to push?
They really had no other choice .
NO choice? Well then, I guess we should have signed them for $1, eh?
Why doesn't everybody sign their RFAs for $1?
Also potentially giving up a tiny fraction really doesn't set an example for your teammate to take a major hit in potential salary .
Where exactly is this list of other teams with UFA players recently giving up multi-millions per year in their prime to set an example?