He's not a negative value player. But he's also the worst player on the team I'd argue. The dude bleeds shots and chances against and every line he plays on is significantly worse whens he's on it. He's just a flawed player that isn't good enough to be on a cup contender, especially at his price tag.
Well... He bleeds shots for sure, he essentially has the worse Corsi and worse shots % on the team.
But in terms of scoring chances, he's actually not as bad. He has an xGF% of 51.27 which is above a number of our depth guys on the team. And his scoring chances and high danger chances are both right around 50% as well.
But I do agree with the general sentiment. He's a decent player, on a rebuilding or bubble playoff team he can add value, similar to how he added value to us for a few years. But on a cup contender team with serious aspirations to win it all, his $3.5M is better spent elsewhere.
Jost is in that same boat. Statistically I think Jost is a worse player then JTC as well, but he makes less and plays less and is probably a little better defensively which from a 4th liner matter more. If it were up to me I'd move JTC before Jost as well but both guys could do with replacing.
