Brady Sjkei - does he bounce back this year?

[NYSPORTS]

Like every other player.

Not until this year. Quite a few, especially on defense, wandered around the ice with the negative outweighing the positive with no fear of losing their jobs.

 

[Machinehead]

I don't think he has anything to bounce back from tbh

he was what he always was this season, a decent top 4 D with questionable hockey IQ

That, and he's not really "getting paid."

5.5 is dollar menu in 2019.

 

[Machinehead]

well he is making 5.5 a year that’s not exactly fourth dman money

Nope, that is exactly fourth dman money. That is definitely what it is.

 

[Raspewtin]

Skjei is paid quite fairly he's just very unspectacular and some of his abilities really have you wanting more.

 

[chosen]

Not until this year. Quite a few, especially on defense, wandered around the ice with the negative outweighing the positive with no fear of losing their jobs.

Who are the quite a few you say had no fear of losing their job while playing poorly last year?

 

[Whoot Whoot]

This is just fundamentally incorrect. That’s exactly what second pairing defensemen make.

sorry but you are in error here/ he is the 40th highest paid dman in the NHL. Your math is faulty. That’s first pairing money.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

sorry but you are in error here/ he is the 40th highest paid dman in the NHL. Your math is faulty. That’s first pairing money.

If there were over 40 true top pairing defensemen, you’d have a point.

There aren’t. There are a number of top pairing guys and then a bunch of tweeners. Skjei is paid how he should be.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

sorry but you are in error here/ he is the 40th highest paid dman in the NHL. Your math is faulty. That’s first pairing money.

This means nothing. There are all kinds of contract/contract situations. You can't just say, well he's in the top 60 so therefore he's first pairing!

Skjei is paid as he should be. It's a fine contract for what he brings.

 

[Irishguy42]

None of the defensemen will truly do well until Ruff leaves.

 

[Dijock94]

After watching him at the World Championships I’m fairly confident he was just lacking a supporting cast. If him and Trouba blend it could make a good first pair.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

This means nothing. There are all kinds of contract/contract situations. You can't just say, well he's in the top 60 so therefore he's first pairing!

Skjei is paid as he should be. It's a fine contract for what he brings.

Its pretty logical to generalize that higher pairing/line players get paid more than lower pairing/line players. 9/10 teams are going to have a first line making more than the third line.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Its pretty logical to generalize that higher pairing/line players get paid more than lower pairing/line players. 9/10 teams are going to have a first line making more than the third line.

No, it's not logical. You are looking at something through a vacuum that contains far more elements than you suggest.

Willful ignorance does not equal logic.

 

[haveandare]

He’ll be better having someone on the d now who is clearly better than him and used that way.

He’s solid but not a 1D and he seemed to try to do way too much last year thinking he had to be the 1D.

 

[Thordic]

well he is making 5.5 a year that’s not exactly fourth dman money

It's not off the mark for 3rd D-man money, though. Especially when you consider on our team he's going to be #2.