Literally never heard this dude's name even once and now he's making 2.65M per year.
Seems like a solid deal for the kings and a horrible deal for walker. Guy seems to be a #5 with potential to be a 3-4
........er?Should have let him walk...
That's not saying much. (Same comes from a Ducks fan about any player on our roster)You haven’t paid attention to LA in two years then, he’s a really underrated defender. At times he was the best player on the ice.
I wonder if this sets a benchmark for Ryan Graves' contract.
Both Walker and Graves are 25 years old and have played almost exactly the same number of NHL games to date (109 vs 110).
Sean Walker:
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Seems about right. Surprised he would go for 4 years though, would've figured most 25 year olds would bet on themselves and try to be UFA at 28
Seems like a solid deal for the kings and a horrible deal for walker. Guy seems to be a #5 with potential to be a 3-4
You haven’t paid attention to LA in two years then, he’s a really underrated defender. At times he was the best player on the ice.
I swear every year 3 or 4 guys just appear on the Kings that I've never heard of and half of them sound like members of a mafia family. Most of them end up to be solid players as well.Literally never heard this dude's name even once and now he's making 2.65M per year.
I've been estimating that Graves would get between $2.5 x 2 and 2.75m x 3, and this Walker deal seems to be about in line with those. Hopefully we can get Graves on a similar deal to Walker, albeit a year shorter perhaps.Good comparison. Justin Holl, as @Empoleon8771 mentioned, is a good one too. Holl is a bit older (28), and played a bit less (81 games). So he got a bit less (6 million over 3 years).
Thats a good estimate for a late bloomer, defense guy, who can be a possible top 4.
LA did good with this Walker deal, as far as I can tell.