So because some 'fans' are ignorant or I'll informed of good players, a team shouldn't sign them to a great long - term deal?
I didn't say anything about it being a good contract or not. Speaking solely to name recognition.
If he was in a market that had legit media coverage, Pesce would be a bigger name. The Raleigh market really sucks at writing anything outside of game & signings recaps. I have to go to Canes bloggers to get decent team coverage outside of a game.
This makes sense. He just isn't a guy I have really heard much about. You guys all seem really happy so I'm sure he's a good player.
You realize that nearly all RFAs have team-controlled rights for 7 years or until they reach the age of 27, correct? When your team signed their 1st round pick, did you say "7 years is a long time to commit to this guy...".
Unless you are saying that the Canes should not exercise their full RFA team-control over a 22 year old who just played a full season on one of the most effective top-pairings in the league? In the hardest division no less? Are you suggesting they should have cut him lose as an RFA? Let someone else deal with the burden of a 22 year old, 6'3", established top-4 RHD?
I guess you can complain here about the 2 UFA years that the Canes bought, but I'm not sure you'd find a lot of support for the idea that locking up young top-4 D past his RFA years is a bad thing.
I think you are being more than a tad defensive here.
Since you typed out so much stuff...Signing a player to an ELC is not making a 7 year commitment. It is literally a three year commitment. Whether the player warrants even a QO after those three years depends on him.
Did you feel that way when Nashville signed Ekholm or Josi to long term deals?
I don't feel any "way". The Josi signing a few years back was a little surprising but just purely by name recognition, he was a bigger name. He also had better offensive numbers.
That's silly. You're basically implying that anyone on Toronto, Montreal, Pitt, Philly, NYR, Chicago, Boston, or Washington is currently more valuable than anyone other than the elite players on other teams because the popularity of those teams means more people know of their players.
No, I didn't imply anything. I was making the exact point that I said. The one poster said "wow 6 years for a guy I never heard of". Someone else said, "lol why tell everyone you're ignorant". To which I noted that 6 years is a long contract for a guy who is not a household name.
