The Ilya twins, Kovalchuk & Bryzgalov.
Brad Richards, Mike Richards.
The list of buyout deals goes on and on.
Worst Nhl contracts?
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Brad Richards, Mike Richards.
The list of buyout deals goes on and on.
Different points in their career to compare. 11 million for Tavares looks too much. He should carry a line with 35 to 40 a year. His 5 on 5 stats aren't good. Tavares was a coveted free agent, looks to be in the 8 to 9 range realistically.
Tavares shouldn't need marner, looks like that was the case. He looks to be a 20 to 28 goal scorer in a regular year.
I wonder if teams will get away from the 8 year deals for guys on their 3rd contract, 29 years and over. Seems almost like a crap shoot now. Bergeron, Marchand, ovi, Crosby and others don't miss a beat, not so much for some others.
Also, karlsson probably signed right around the time of the sens playoff run when he was incredible so San Jose or any team would have predicted this rapid decline.
Also, karlsson probably signed right around the time of the sens playoff run when he was incredible so San Jose or any team would have predicted this rapid decline.
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The economics have changed. Unless you are a superstar exception, your career is pretty much done at around 30-32.
Taylor Hall (yeah I know he won the MVP 5 years ago), who I thought was always overrated, was lucky to get $8mm, albeit for only one year. So far this year he's got 1 goal and a minus 10. He's only 29.
Next year, he'll be really lucky to be offered minimum wage by Dubas.
Taylor Hall (yeah I know he won the MVP 5 years ago), who I thought was always overrated, was lucky to get $8mm, albeit for only one year. So far this year he's got 1 goal and a minus 10. He's only 29.
Next year, he'll be really lucky to be offered minimum wage by Dubas.
For what its worth, look what John Tavares did for the career of Matt Moulson.
www.buffalohockeybeat.com
Sabres’ Matt Moulson ignited career beside Islanders’ John Tavares - Buffalo Hockey Beat
Five years ago, Matt Moulson, then a struggling winger on a two-way contract with the New York Islanders, was paired up with slick center John Tavares.
www.buffalohockeybeat.com
Apparently, that $1.2mm eats up $1.2mm of cap space as well.
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Clarkson's contract ended last year...I think Columbus picked up some of it.
Columbus took all of it.
In exchange, the Maple Leafs took Nathan Horton's deal.
The Clarkson deal was insured, Horton's not.
The logic behind the trade was that Toronto could get DC's salary off the cap, while Toronto knew they would be stashing NH's deal on LTIR. Blue Jackets got out from a salary producing nothing, and hoped to get some value out of Clarkson's. Unfortunately, shortly after the trade, Clarkson was injured, spent balance of his deal on LTIR as well.
But, insurance paid most of it. The trade worked for both clubs.
Columbus got out from a onerous zero value deal, Toronto got $5.25Mm in cap relief.
Jeff Skinner is the winner. It’s not even really that debatable in my opinion.
He is not even a decent NHL player this year and last. No real reason to expect it to change. And they have 6 at 9m left. With a team that may not want to spend to the cap.
Some of those other bad contracts are more players that are overpaid but are still productive NHL players.
It’s amusing that some of the Habs haters point out contracts like Weber and Price before this guy. Are they great contracts . Nope. But at least they are still productive players now.
He is not even a decent NHL player this year and last. No real reason to expect it to change. And they have 6 at 9m left. With a team that may not want to spend to the cap.
Some of those other bad contracts are more players that are overpaid but are still productive NHL players.
It’s amusing that some of the Habs haters point out contracts like Weber and Price before this guy. Are they great contracts . Nope. But at least they are still productive players now.
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I am pretty sure that Alexandre Daigle would be near the top of the list for worst NHL contracts.
