Worst. Contract. Ever.
He turns 30 next season and guys like this simply don't maintain their level of play well into their 30s.
They're paying him $6 million/year when he's 36, and he'll likely regress to a 3rd line, 10-10-20 player by the 3rd year of the deal.
Any word on Filppula?
Sedin Sedin Kassian
Booth Kesler Filppula
Any interest?
Any word on Filppula?
Sedin Sedin Kassian
Booth Kesler Filppula
Any interest?
Any word on Filppula?
Sedin Sedin Kassian
Booth Kesler Filppula
Any interest?
Why would we dump it, when it would cost 150% of that contract to pick up a comparable player.
Booth drives possession, creates chances and reaks havoc near the crease. Without Booth, we have what, one other guy who can?
Besides, now that teams are seeing what comparables get, maybe Booth and his contract are attractive.
$5.25M per year for Clarkson isn't BAD. It isn't great, but if we had gotten rid of Booth this is something I'd look at. Don't like the 7 year term though.
Worst. Contract. Ever.
He turns 30 next season and guys like this simply don't maintain their level of play well into their 30s.
They're paying him $6 million/year when he's 36, and he'll likely regress to a 3rd line, 10-10-20 player by the 3rd year of the deal.
Stay away from these prices. Stay away from this term. There's no more 'get of cap jail' cards. You can do some real, long term franchise damage here.
If the going rate for guys like Boyd Gordon is $3M, I'd much rather dumpster dive.
I was just thinking that. Maybe it's a good thing that Gillis is handcuffed preventing him from doing some even dumber moves like we're seeing today with Clarkson, Clowe, Gordon etc.
There's have probably been two good contracts today: Ray Emery and Clarke MacArthur.