What is this argument you keep using? People have opinions now on what he should get. Some of us will be right, some of us will be wrong. You haven't allowed this "point" once in regards to the Backes deal. "Oh I didn't know he's going to suck, I don't have a crystal ball." But you use it for a potential Marchand contract. "What about the risk! What will people say if Marchand is a 50 point guy?"
It's hypocritical.
How about you say what your absolute best contract offer would be, your drop-dead, I-walk-away-otherwise offer. You seem to be playing both sides of this. One day he's in the top 5% of players, the next he's never had 60 points (minus the 61 this past year). I really want to know the best offer you would give him before electing not to sign him.
for someone like myself i think its the eye test we rely on... and traditional thinking. someone like backes has been his teams number 1 center... gotten selected to olympic teams... been given 20-21 mins of icetime on winning teams
theres an assumption hes very good so the main question is will he fall off? its not really a question what he is because that has been proven to the eye.
a guy like eriksson had a couple dissapointing seasons and then bounced back in a contract year. he did look good in his contract year but alot of us were remembering the 2 years prior.
this wedge in the crack opens the door to closer scruitny. none of these guys are sure things but there is a responsibilty for bruins management to access the risk reward potential
marchand is a special case... for years we thought he was a good little second line agitator. he fit well with bergeron.
but he was an under 17 min per night guy... not a pp guy.
when we listed our best players he was 6 or 7th on the list
then last year he had a career season... and even during this breakout season he was very average the last 20 games when our team fell apart and needed him
so in truth he played the best 60 games of his life and is nearing 30 and wanting a 6-7 year contract.
we all saw how brilliant he was last year... so the eye test says we need this guy... im sure dkh is like me and hopes marchand gets better and better and that we keep him... thats the hope
thats the fun thing to post...
thers no joy in posting that its risky to sign a guy after a career year. no fun for me to post that guys who rely on foot speed often peak before 30 and often suck by 31...
i think that is why we are wishy washy on marchand cause in our hearts we love this guy and want him to stay for that reason
