Lil Sebastian Cossa
Opinions are share are my own personal opinions.
- Jul 6, 2012
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No, it's not preventing them from signing free agents, but i'd still rather not have it on the books. Same for Abdelkader, Helm, etc. Would you rather have Abdelkader and Nielsen, or put that money towards someone like Duchene?
I mean, that's not really an option and it's kind of silly to remain upset about a contract signed in 2014 and a contract signed in 2016.
That yes, they are bad deals. But they're bad deals that are signed. You can't go unsign them. You can't, shy of burning several quality assets, move them. So, you go forward and make the best moves you can with the knowledge these guys are there.
And I mean, frankly, if we offered up 8M+ for Duchene, and he gets less than 60 points as he's been apt to do, that would be another contract that would just be complained about.
I just wonder about how productive discussions are if we always go back to "oh man, if we didn't have X, we could do so many things". The point is, we do have X. It is a given, so we need to operate in that constrained area. Sure, Abby, Helm, DDK, Nielsen... bad signings. but they're not the problem. The problem is that for about a decade the Wings got nothing but supporting players from the draft.