But it can be an issue further down the road, if you start a culture of giving guys ludicrous contracts. If AJ Greer gets that contract, you can bet your ass Carlsson and Gauthier are looking at that and saying "why should we give you any type of a discount?"
Again, he was rumored to get more on the market so 4.25 X 4 is not an overpayment. The real joke is the NTC.
NTC is just a normal part of the contract these days. There is no world where you can pay a player an extra million for not having an NTC. 80% of the players get them. If someone doesn't, their agent is a f***ing moron. Kesselring for an example, he should've fired his agent after that deal.
According to TSN last week, it was in the 4.5 to 5M range on a 4 to 5 year deal. So this is on the low end.
Greer is way more physical. I think he's injured 3 Tampa players in the last season alone?Both 4th line wingers, who had career seasons offensively, and got 4 year deals.
Kelly had 21 goals and 35 pts. Greer had 17 goals and 32 pts.
Kelly is a a great PKer on the 1st unit averaging 2:06. Not sure if Greer is even on the 2nd unit in a healthy lineup averaging 00:34 last year.
Kelly - 4 x $1.7M with no trade protection
Greer - 4 x $4.25 with a 10 team NTC
The cap is going up every year, for the foreseeable future, so Carlsson and Gauthier are gonna be looking for massive contracts anyway. It's unavoidable.
Soon Winnipeg, Columbus and Ottawa won't have access to like 80% of the NHLers over the age of 28. That's a real f***ing problem.
Jenner is more of a winger now, but yeah, the Avs do like to bring in an older guy every year and give him a shot at a Cup.
Welcome to the world of sports my friend. How exactly are you going to force someone to sign with a team? Some teams are always going to be more desirable than others. You know how this usually gets sorted out? With money.
