Agreed. It's not only that, but how do you make it any sort of priority to sign one of the worst players on a bad team?
As you say not a big deal. Money is what it is with seemingly anyone being able to get $1.5 M nowadays. But this team needs to turn over bodies and where better place to start then the guys who are no good?
A million times this.
Like, Granlund is an ok cheap utility player who would be worth signing as a 12-13th forward somewhere.
But on this team, he should have been fired from a cannon.
1) literally every single player aside from the Sedins (who they wanted to bring back but retired) and Nic Dowd is back for next year. From a team that is the worst in the NHL over the past 3 years. It's absurd. This team needs to be turning failed fringe players over and trying new things and new blood, and they're doing the exact opposite.
2) the player absolutely stunk last year and was outplayed badly by another cheaper player who brought more size and grit the team sorely needs. But somehow that guy can't get a contract and this guy gets more than a 50% raise.
3) this team is small, slow, and soft. We need to change our identity and get bigger and faster. But instead we're committing roster spots yet again to the likes of Granlund, Gagner and Pouliot.
4) why the hell is this being done now? This is the sort of fringe junk asset you put off to the side until you make bigger moves and see where you sit. The player had no leverage at all and there was absolutely no reason to be signing him now.
5 ES points in 53 games last year once you take out EN goals. From 16-17 minutes of icetime.
