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Around the League 2019-2026 Edition

UWHabs said:
Don't like it? Stop giving them those deals.
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Not going to argue that point at all.
The teams made their beds and they have to sleep on in them. But the initial concept for those clauses was for the player to know where they were going to be for the duration of the contract. It is unfair for the player to decide in the middle of the contract to put a gun to their teams head and say I want to go to team A, B or C. Limited leverage for team.
Anyways, I just don’t think that area of contracts is balanced for both sides.
 
zeke said:


2yr ppg

Matthews 29 1.03 --- Barkov 31 1.06
Nylander 30 1.11 --- Tkachuk 29 1.10
Knies 24 0.79 --- Tkachuk 27 0.86

Tavares 36 0.92 --- Bennett 30 0.72
Tuch 30 0.83 --- Reinhart 31 0.99
McKenna 19 billions --- Marchand 38 0.85

Hayton 26 0.48 --- Lundell 25 0.62
Marchment 31 0.71 --- Verhaeghe 31 0.68
Cowan 21 0.44 --- Luostarinen 28 0.37

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This shows how you have to be patient and strike aggressively when the opportunity presents itself. Adding 4 impact forwards in one offseason, on top of Raddysh, is tough to pull off. But if those are the types of players you go after instead of spending whatever you have to fill whatever hole you can like Maccelli, Joshua, Carlo, Laughton, or rentals like ROR/Foligno, then its not as tough over a multi year period.

Most GM's aren't as patient and aggressive as Zito.

2020-21: Verhaghe
deadline: Bennett
2021-22: Reinhart
2023-24: M. Tkachuk
2024-25: Marcharnd, Jones
2026-27: B. Tkachuk

Vegas has been similar. Carolina has been since the nerd took over.
 
Meanwhile the Leafs "followed" the Tampa model, which everyone vastly overrated the importance of overpaying for a couple of 3rd lines (which didn't work for the Leafs, and hasn't worked for Tampa since), when in reality Tampa won because they drafted incredibly well and were pulling impact players out of the mid rounds for a few years (Kucherov, Point, Palat, Killorn, Cirelli). Which is much harder than the Florida/Vegas/Carolina strategy.
 
Well yeah, but Florida and Carolina had actually good third lines.

Marchand scored 10 on his own two years ago for a conditional 2nd, and Hall scored 7 for fraction of the cost. I'd rather get good players to play depth roles, than pay more for shitty ones.

Goodrow/Coleman scored11 goals combined over 48 games on two cup runs for a couple 1sts.
 

View: https://x.com/canesstats/status/2069033633994715352?s=46

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MindzEye said:
Can't be that high...and he probably does have some unlocked offensive upside. Prefer Hayton at the moment though. Wright could end up better but isn't right now.
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Yeah he's not gonna be the guy people thought pre-draft, but I still believe there's a good player in there, at least a high-end middle-6 C. Price should still be moderately high though, I would think.

Might make more sense for a rebuilding team to throw the dice, but if I'm an NHL GM I am absolutely making that phone call.
 
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