You can talk about whatever you want, I'm just saying if you're going to take the position that everybody else is making assumptions, you have to acknowledge you are also making total assumptions about what Nurse and his agent would or wouldn't do. Instead you say things like:
"I am 100% certain with how Nurse and how he was playing, how he was perceived at that time would have signed a 48 Million Dollar Contract."
I'm sorry man, be a little more self aware.
Your under the impression that being sure of something cannot exist, like it’s pretentious to be sure of things. Well I’m sure gravity exists, I’m sure a guy like Bear would sign long term right now at 4M per year, I’m sure Manning would take any any extension for the type of trajectory his NHL career is going, I’m sure Marner would have signed at Matthews numbers during the summer... see how I’m able to make these assumptions and be certain about them without having the ability to read the minds of these players and agents?
It’s been 3 years since the time frame I am talking about, 3 years since we all had a certain perspective on Nurse as a player, his situation, and his prospects or lackthereof for the future. That time is now long gone and forgotten. And you are now trying to use your perspective after seeing him having 2 really good years to tell me my assumptions are wrong or have no basis in ever being possible?
Have you spent any time revisiting old threads, seeing what was thought about his play, his salary range, seeing the doubts about how good he’d be in the future? Doubt it. But you’ll automatically say my assumption of what he would have signed for 3 years ago can’t possibly be right cause I can’t read minds.
I know what you are trying to say, fans don’t know anything, fans aren’t in the room, blah blah blah. Well here’s the thing fans aren’t stupid. People aren’t in the trade forums debating stuff like Is Marner going to get 20M on his next contract? They are debating numbers and terms that are in realistic range and Lo and behold some get it bang on, some maybe a couple hundred thousand off, or a year off whatever. But they know enough to be able to get it in the range. So again, don’t tell me I can’t predict things that may realistically happen in the NHL, it’s not that hard, and I don’t need a crystal ball.