PumpkinBomb
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- Jul 22, 2020
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To me, i feel like his closest cap comparables are:
Mats Zuccarello (but he's a pure winger and doesn't really kill penalties)
or
Brock Nelson
But when these players signed the indication was a rising cap at a steady 3-5%/year so their $6M cap hits would be like $5.5 M now
There's guys making 5-6 M who are way worse though and i think their teams regret it.
(Stastny at 6.5, Evander Kane, Duschene, Henrique, Foglino)
Even Eberle. Give who he plays what, what he produces, and doesn't PK, Nuge at 6 looks good. (But i think the Oilers would regret it)
Problem is, you look at all the guys signed as FA at $3M they're not even 1/2 as good as him either. (So you can't replace Nuge with 2 guys at $3M and be better off, or 4 and 2, 5 and 1 etc)
I'm not sure money is even the issue as much as term. I look at some of the overpaid guys, the ones that aren't hurting their teams to bad didn't have more than 5 years of term on them. (3 seemed to be a sweet spot, and in some cases that player got traded and no salary retained, and both teams did ok, like Stastny)
Mats Zuccarello (but he's a pure winger and doesn't really kill penalties)
or
Brock Nelson
But when these players signed the indication was a rising cap at a steady 3-5%/year so their $6M cap hits would be like $5.5 M now
There's guys making 5-6 M who are way worse though and i think their teams regret it.
(Stastny at 6.5, Evander Kane, Duschene, Henrique, Foglino)
Even Eberle. Give who he plays what, what he produces, and doesn't PK, Nuge at 6 looks good. (But i think the Oilers would regret it)
Problem is, you look at all the guys signed as FA at $3M they're not even 1/2 as good as him either. (So you can't replace Nuge with 2 guys at $3M and be better off, or 4 and 2, 5 and 1 etc)
I'm not sure money is even the issue as much as term. I look at some of the overpaid guys, the ones that aren't hurting their teams to bad didn't have more than 5 years of term on them. (3 seemed to be a sweet spot, and in some cases that player got traded and no salary retained, and both teams did ok, like Stastny)