Around the League 2019-2025 Edition

[MyNameIsJonas]

Good point but Perry has been paid peanuts for years on 1 year deals

Brad gets a big ticket and all the risk with a 35+ CBA player

I wouldnt go more than 2 years

And i guess that's the point.

Someone will go 4 and see the value in it

 

[Habsy]

Enviroment is a factor too. Marchand was old and slow in many Bruins games this year. He lit up when he went to Florida and especially in the playoffs.

He lit up because he was on the third line. In Boston he was playing tougher minutes. In Florida that was Barkov and Bennett.

 

[GEEMAN]

He lit up because he was on the third line. In Boston he was playing tougher minutes. In Florida that was Barkov and Bennett.

Yup slotted perfectly , elite third line no team can match

 

[Habsy]

And i guess that's the point.

Someone will go 4 and see the value in it

The only way I see value in 4 years is if a team feels like it can win a cup in the first two years of that contract. Edmonton, Carolina, Dallas, Colorado, Vegas, Toronto.

Maybe Tampa. Maybe.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

The only way I see value in 4 years is if a team feels like it can win a cup in the first two years of that contract. Edmonton, Carolina, Dallas, Colorado, Vegas, Toronto.

Maybe Tampa. Maybe.

I know the LA Kings tried for him at the deadline.

They seem like a bunch that could really use a winner in the room

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

View: https://x.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1936069437683040461

Translation: no one else wanted him.

 

[leafman101]

View: https://x.com/reporterchris/status/1936087212480713003?s=46


Jeez. If he just stays healthy that’s $5.25 mill.

No wonder he went to Winnipeg.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

He might be cooked, thats a weird list of incentives.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Might be?

 

[JackBurton]

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I never even liked him when he was in his prime.

 

[JackBurton]

I never even liked him when he was in his prime.

I'd argue most overrated player in NHL history. I wanted to jump out of a window in 2015 when people said he was 'better overall" than Crosby

 

[Cal Gal]

He sure is tall.

 

[JackBurton]

Just to clarify, that was him visiting Brampton.

 

[WellPlayed]

Just to clarify, that was him visiting Brampton.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I'd argue most overrated player in NHL history. I wanted to jump out of a window in 2015 when people said he was 'better overall" than Crosby

Can a guy who leads his team to 3 Cups be "overrated"?

He was never better than Crosby but I don't think that a majority of pundits ever thought he was.

 

[LeafGm]

Can a guy who leads his team to 3 Cups be "overrated"?

He was never better than Crosby but I don't think that a majority of pundits ever thought he was.

Maybe not a majority, but a frightening amount of “iamverysmart” galaxy-brain types in the hockey world put out plenty of think pieces about Toews being better than Crosby, back in the period when Toews had multiple Cups and Sid just had the one.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Well as has been said, one of the biggest skills a player can have is availability. Crosby never had to miss years of time like Toews has.

 

[JackBurton]

Maybe not a majority, but a frightening amount of “iamverysmart” galaxy-brain types in the hockey world put out plenty of think pieces about Toews being better than Crosby, back in the period when Toews had multiple Cups and Sid just had the one.

The "Two way" play stuff has gone overboard. Crosby in his prime was actually a really good defensive forward and was destroying Towes offensively. So are the 2 way player people saying defensive play is so much more important than offensive play? Feels that way.
It's like the knocks on Evan Bouchard in the playoffs.

 

[JackBurton]

Well as has been said, one of the biggest skills a player can have is availability. Crosby never had to miss years of time like Toews has.

Well, Sid missed a ton of time at his peak. He'd be going for 2000+ points if not.