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Nov 2015: Abdelkader, 7 yearsDisregarding everything else, this point feels like it's becoming outdated. Yeah Holland signed some ugly deals back when we were a playoff team. But the last few years? Basically all his FA deals have been minor, smart deals.
July 2016: Helm, 5 years
July 2016: Nielsen, 6 years
July 2018: Green, 2 years
Each within the last few years, and every one has some sort of no trade or no movement clause.
Once he starts using that cap space shrewdly, you'll have an argument. But saying that a guy who blows half his paycheck on Keno suddenly has more money to play with isn't an argument for him having changed his ways.Our cap situation is starting to clear up. More and more contracts are entering the stage where they become moveable.
I never said I didn't like the results of getting rid of players. But none of that changes the bad deals that guys get inked to in the first place.His TDL deals have been on point. 10+ picks in 3 straight drafts. Got saddled with a dead cap hit of Datsyuk and turned it into Hronek while other teams pay to get rid of contracts like that. A struggling Tatar became 3 drafts picks, one of them Joe Veleno, another the 2nd round pick of the team that just lost their biggest star and risk finishing near the bottom next year.
What's not to like?