You would be making an excellent argument if you had anything to back it up.
His numbers were top shelf. He was excellent last season. Among the very best. Just not THE best
- Rexypoo

And so do you think he is worth $11 mill a season for six-seven years? He was not excellent last season, forget whatever stats you were looking at.

Anyways, make you case, and let's move on.

The drowning of a generational shooter who needs others to put it right in his "sweet" spot - and then hope that he hits the net?
- grahamzky

Laine is actually more accurate than Ovechkin.
Ovechkin is a volume shooter of unholy ability.

Ovechkin also spent almost his entire career with Nicklas Backstrom.

And so do you think he is worth $11 mill a season for six-seven years? He was not excellent last season, forget whatever stats you were looking at.

Anyways, make you case, and let's move on.
- grahamzky

No. I do not think he will worth 11mil in siex-seven years. He was never supposed to be. That’s the danger in free agency. You will never ever get full value over the length of the contract. But Erik Karlsson is 100% worth that right now. The results are what they are, regardless of your personal feelings.

Wheeler and Little weren’t worth their price tags when they signed their latest deals with us. It happens.

I think it's safe to say that 75% of NHL contracts are bad deals for the teams.

I think it's safe to say that 75% of NHL contracts are bad deals for the teams.
- bennythehat

This is a good post!

And so do you think he is worth $11 mill a season for six-seven years? He was not excellent last season, forget whatever stats you were looking at.

Anyways, make you case, and let's move on.
- grahamzky

I really find this fascination surrounding money by fans to be comical. It's not like the money is coming out of any of our pockets.

Who cares what anybody is paid!

I really find this fascination surrounding money by fans to be comical. It's not like the money is coming out of any of our pockets.

Who cares what anybody is paid!
- TheUltimateJet

Might fans of the players' respective teams care? Management of the teams when they have no cap space left - and three/four players to sign?

I really find this fascination surrounding money by fans to be comical. It's not like the money is coming out of any of our pockets.

Who cares what anybody is paid!
- TheUltimateJet

No fan cares about the money, they care about the value/cap hit and how it effects a teams ability to be competitive when so much cap space is tied up in one player, always thought that was obvious.

No fan cares about the money, they care about the value/cap hit and how it effects a teams ability to be competitive when so much cap space is tied up in one player, always thought that was obvious.
- JetFuel

Example - Perreault at $ 4.125 million

Example - Perreault at $ 4.125 million
- bennythehat

To be fair, last year was the first time that cap hit was ever really in question. Perreault was worth 7 when he was making 3.

To be fair, last year was the first time that cap hit was ever really in question. Perreault was worth 7 when he was making 3.
- Rexypoo

Remove your mask for 10 seconds, let some oxygen get to your brain.

Remove your mask for 10 seconds, let some oxygen get to your brain.
- bennythehat

I actually like it when he becomes his alter ego: Jetsnation.

Remove your mask for 10 seconds, let some oxygen get to your brain.
- bennythehat

I’m probably underselling how good he was.
When Wheeler was at his peak, Perrault was the 2nd best forward on the team. 2017-18 was the end of a lot of beautiful players

*edit* Scheifele would’ve been 2nd. Perreault 3rd. Forgot this was also when Scheifele peaked in his god form.

I think we’re discussing two different varieties of issues.
All of the things you’re describing are systemic, not personnel based. We could have 6 Hedmans, and still have possession issues if we’re playing dump and chase, making strange line change choices, and not shooting enough. That’s Maurice and Co.
The puck getting stuck in our end for huge periods of time is on the defence not having the skill, mobility, or intelligence to stop the cycle and move the puck out
- Rexypoo

I don't think we are, you think offensive dmen will save the day, I think the systems and garbage that fills out the bottom 6/Maurice's lines will eventually sink the team no matter
who the D are.

I don't think we are, you think offensive dmen will save the day, I think the systems and garbage that fills out the bottom 6/Maurice's lines will eventually sink the team no matter
who the D are.
- JetFuel

The bottom 6 performed better than the top 6 last year.

If you’ve got Copp, Lowry, and Roslovic as a line with the 2015 line backing them, they will outperform our broken top line and Team Best Friends with Cody Eakin in the middle every single time.

The bottom 6 performed better than the top 6 last year.

If you’ve got Copp, Lowry, and Roslovic as a line with the 2015 line backing them, they will outperform our broken top line and Team Best Friends with Cody Eakin in the middle every single time.
- Rexypoo

That first sentence was laughable, the Jets bottom 6 wasn't much better then the Wings bottom 6.

Roslovic centered the 2015 line so how can he be in two places at once, the answer is he can't!