Ridley Simon
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I agree completely with this which is why I don't think there are 31 first line right wings the league. Closer to 20.
Using the top 31, top 62, top 93 definitions for who is a first, second, third liner doesn't make sense to me because that would mean there are the same amount of fourth liners as there are first liners. Then it becomes a not very useful way to describe someone's ability.
Tom Wilson is somewhere between 40-50 for me so I would call him an average second liner.
An average second liner shouldn't make 5m a year but I do think he can improve his game to become either a low end first liner or a high end second liner. And of course with Cap increases 5m will become second line winger money soon enough.
Are we sure about that? Brand new contract? What exactly should they make? I think you’ve painted yourself into a corner here.
Again, brand new contract for an “average 2nd liner” that buys up 4 UFA years. What should that contract look like, using your parameters?