Lil Sebastian Cossa
Opinions are share are my own personal opinions.
- Jul 6, 2012
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Is there a precedent for someone re-signing at a discount?
Quincey didn’t. Green didn’t. Helm didn’t. Vanek is making more than the first time he was here.
I can’t think of one, really.
How many of them were 35 year old players with the Wings having the option of moving on without them.
Quincey - They tried everything under the sun to get a top 4D. Quincey had the Wings over about 3 or 4 different barrels. Irrelevant. In fact, the Wings were set to move on from him and only came back after going 0-fer on all other options
Green - Look at our ****ing defense. Green had them over a barrel. And since you had counted Vanek as making more... Green took a discount. Not a huge one, mind you, but as much a pay decrease as Vanek got an increase.
Helm - Universally looked at as a bad deal. Indefensible from Holland. Also though, he was a 30 year old W who is center-capable who does little things to help the team win. 5 years younger than Howie.
Vanek did get a little pay bump. But 2.6M was basically what Detroit had available in 2016. Prob would have gotten 3 then as well.
In each of those cases, the player brought something the Wings felt they couldn't replace (Helm, Green), they actually couldn't replace (Quincey). In this case, it is very realistic that the Wings could go Bernier-Sateri as a pairing if Howard pushes too hard. If the Wings didn't have Bernier in the fold or if there wasn't a litany of goalies who play at the 1.5-2.5M range out in FA all the time, I would agree with you, Frk It. But that's not the case.