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Brad Marchand Greatest Contract of All Time
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Pretty sure Bourque still holds the record.The rat king now has the most playoff points ever for the Boston Bruins.
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It's difficult to deny your interpretation when you just make stuff up, I agree with that.
Was the thread title "Best current $6 million player", or was it "Greatest contract of all time?" because there's a pretty big difference.
I doubt anyone who played prior to the establishment of the WHA would agree Marchand's contract is the "greatest of all-time".
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Basically the difference between the Marner and Tavares contracts with the Marchand contract is Zach Hyman.....ouch
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It is among the best contracts currently in today's NHL. Unsure if the greatest contract ever though.
The second contract was an absolute bargain, but crosby's 1st contract as a 1st time RFA wasn't any particular bargain.
It was 17.3% of the cap, walking him straight to UFA at only 5 years with a full NMC in the last year. If Crosby was more selfish he could have used that leverage to demand 11 mill+ AAV on his next deal.
You'd hope that the greatest contract ever would yield better results.
Also, no it isn't, even Bergeron's was better.
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As some others have said, Crosby at 8.7m through his entire career may be even better...
Even at this age, it's a pretty good value. He consistently has gone with the Tom Brady approach and took much less than what he could have to allow the team to build around him. (It's part of what's insulting at this current point of the way the club is managed).
His on-ice impact is apparent, but off the ice may be even more beneficial. He almost single-handedly saved the franchise, revitalized hockey interest in Pittsburgh, and was the face of the league for a while.
He could have demanded the keys to the city and it would have been an underpayment.
Edit: That's not to say Marchand's contract isn't great, but for what Sid provides as a total package it's hard to beat for the $8.7m price tag.
Even at this age, it's a pretty good value. He consistently has gone with the Tom Brady approach and took much less than what he could have to allow the team to build around him. (It's part of what's insulting at this current point of the way the club is managed).
His on-ice impact is apparent, but off the ice may be even more beneficial. He almost single-handedly saved the franchise, revitalized hockey interest in Pittsburgh, and was the face of the league for a while.
He could have demanded the keys to the city and it would have been an underpayment.
Edit: That's not to say Marchand's contract isn't great, but for what Sid provides as a total package it's hard to beat for the $8.7m price tag.
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True. To an extent. But contract has two things. Player and dollar amount.
We can leave it subjective. Eg. Is Crosby contract at 9 mill better than Marchand at six. Then we can debate skill, cups, age.
So I'll say. Marchand at 6 mill a season all these years and still going blows away any contract that is not over 6 million dollar value.
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It’s not even the best contract in the league but it's a good contract for the team.
Sucks for Marchand that he signed as a 60 point player and then immediately broke out right after. He had a career high of 61 points when he signed that contract. Since signing that contract he never had less than 67 points.
Sucks for Marchand that he signed as a 60 point player and then immediately broke out right after. He had a career high of 61 points when he signed that contract. Since signing that contract he never had less than 67 points.
If that is the case, what about Mitch”in” Marner, William “don’t cry bro” Nylander, Austin “I can score in the regular season” Matthews and John “I like to wear my Pajamas” Tavares.
How do their contracts match up?
The cap was also way lower then ~$56M vs. ~$88M today.
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Correct, but Daniel and Henrik Sedin were still 37th and 38th in terms of highest paid players in 2011 when Daniel won the Art Ross and Lindsay.
Mick Riddleton
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Marchand is 127th highest paid amongst his peers this year.
I’d say it’s very comfortably in the top 5 since the cap era.
I don’t really count anything before that
I don’t really count anything before that
Mick Riddleton
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Small sample size but this series is probably why it gets a thread.
Marchand makes 6.125,000; he has 8 points.
Marner, Matthews, Reilly and Tavares are a bit over 41 million for a combined 7 points.
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Yeah, it never made any sense.
Even if you’re just talking about based on this years sample size - Hyman’s contract is clearly better among active players.
So how can Marchand be the best contract of all time?
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