News: Was July 1st 2016 one of the worst signing days ever?

[Pavels Dog]

Here's the lineup:

Lucic-Nielsen-Okposo
Ladd-Backes-Brouwer
Eriksson-Helm-Martin
500k scrub-Weise-500k scrub

All that for 48.95 million a year.

For Comparison:

Hyman-Matthews-Nylander
Marleau-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Kadri-Kapanen
Jooris-Lindholm-Brown
+Leivo, Ennis

Will cost Toronto 37.37 million this season lol.

Those were some awful deals.

Who knew UFA players were more expensive than ELC and RFA players!

 

[Critical13]

Who knew UFA players were more expensive than ELC and RFA players!

It was just a comparison

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Long term contracts are just too risky especially for older players. Because a player could be great one year and all of a sudden suck. No need to take that chance unless you really desperate, or feel really confident about the player being effective through the end of the contract

 

[Saitama]

Hey, the Rangers didn't take part in this madness!

 

[zar]

Hey, the Rangers didn't take part in this madness!

That usually is the case when you only have $1.247m in cap space.

...being tight to the cap prevents GMs from making questionable decisions on July 1. See Edmonton Oilers 2018/19.

 

[c9777666]

A lot of intrigue for 7/1/2016 was already taken out the day before. June 30 was basically the day everything turned upside down (Hall/Larsson, Weber/Subban, Stamos resigns with TB)

 

[kilowatt]

In case anyone is wondering, these eight players combined for 249 points last season; that’s an average of 31 points. David Backes was the only one to make the playoffs. Kyle Okposo was the highest scorer with 44 points.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Both guys have another 7 years. If those deals were signed today at 7 years for 7+ mil contract, both would be included in OPs list. Suters is more reasonable but still a gross overpayment



Legit might be the worst week in NHL history. The Hall trade, then 4 days later the Lucic contract is historically bad. Especially considering the Hall trade was made due to Chiarelli thinking he could replace him with Lucic

As a leafs fan I wouldn’t of been mad with a 7/55 for suter this off-season. Wouldn’t love it, but I’d probably be satisfied with it.
Edit: As far as OP goes, that’s one gross list of signings. Lucic or Loui are easily the worst. Okposo and Backes have a chance to be positive contributors, but that’s it imo. I’m thankful that we were able to get out from the Martin deal which was also signed that day.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Yes. Chara is the only that has worked out over like 20 years.

Ehhh...that's a little bit of a stretch. People nearly melted when Briere signed his 8yr/$52 million deal and the guy put up 30 points in a playoff run 3 years later. Now, you don't build through free agency, you just augment. I don't think anyone was making most of these terrible deals trying to find a cornerstone for their franchise.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Alzner too

Nope.

But you probably knew that.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Here's the lineup:

Lucic-Nielsen-Okposo
Ladd-Backes-Brouwer
Eriksson-Helm-Martin
500k scrub-Weise-500k scrub

All that for 48.95 million a year.

For Comparison:

Hyman-Matthews-Nylander
Marleau-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Kadri-Kapanen
Jooris-Lindholm-Brown
+Leivo, Ennis

Will cost Toronto 37.37 million this season lol.

Those were some awful deals.

Brilliant.

You just discovered that a bunch of players on ELCs are less costly than UFAs.

Bravo.

 

[780il]

Jesus


Just goes to show that UFA just isnt worth it

 

[Pens x]

Wow, that’s awful. If only Tom Wilson’s contract was signed on that day...

 

[nturn06]

Easy now, don't try to combat this guy with truth and common sense

Let me guess, fewer points for the same salary makes LE better....

 

[Hockeyholic]

Didn't the Jets offer Ladd 6X6 in 2015? Only for him to decline it? My god did they avoid a boat anchor

 

[Steve]

2 years later can we look at any of those deals and say “that’s not a bad deal”? Actually is there 1 you could call “not awful”?

 

[Lenerdosy]

Term, NTC/NMC and signing bonus money. Many of these contracts are written up so that the bulk of the money is paid in signing bonuses, which makes a buyout extraordinarily painful.

And that was the worst part because almost all of these guys are buyout proof now which is killing teams now. Oh well GMs will live and learn.

 

[Revelation]

Wow, that’s awful. If only Tom Wilson’s contract was signed on that day...

...it would still be solid because he'd be in his early 20s?

 

[JT Kreider]

Wow, that’s awful. If only Tom Wilson’s contract was signed on that day...

Then he would have single handedly earned it with his performance in this year's playoffs helping the Capitals win their first Stanley Cup

 

[Icebreakers]

2016 was much worse than the NBA. Bunch of scrubs all got 18-25 million dollar long term contracts who now play like 0-5 minutes per game.

 

[Ducks in a row]

Yes. Chara is the only that has worked out over like 20 years.

Scott Niedermayer worked out for the Ducks so Chara isn't the only one.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Then he would have single handedly earned it with his performance in this year's playoffs helping the Capitals win their first Stanley Cup

HFs hard-on for Wilson is astounding

 

[Scott Stevens]

Then he would have single handedly earned it with his performance in this year's playoffs helping the Capitals win their first Stanley Cup

The posters on here, they “spit out their drink and laugh maniacally” upon finding out the Dallas Stars were iginla’s first team and traded him away for an old player.

 

[GoCaps2004]

HFs hard-on for Wilson is astounding

you must be talking about a different HF

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Didn't the Jets offer Ladd 6X6 in 2015? Only for him to decline it? My god did they avoid a boat anchor

Yeah, pretty happy with that outcome.