"Pretty much all terrible signings"?
What are you smoking?
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Niederrieiter is the type of player the Leafs need. He hits and scores. 24 goals and 165 hits. He also netted the Preds a 2nd round pick.
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Strome had 65 points last year
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Domi had 56 points
-Vatrano had 41 with 86 hits
-Athanasiou had 40 points
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Paul had 32 points with 111 hits
-Marchment had 31 points in 68 games with 88 hits
You also forgot David Perron who got $4.7M, pretty much Murray's cap hit and he put up 56 points.
If you think these signings are "terrible" then having Kerfoot's 32 points must be one of the worst contracts in the league last year.
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Schultz played 18 minutes a night, Rielly is the only D to have more points than him (34) with a higher point share than all Leafs D except for Rielly and Lilljgren
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Zadorov played 19 minutes a night, had more hits than any leaf, had a higher point share than Brodie and had more points than Sandin, Liljegren, Holl, and Brodie.
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Leddy played 21 minutes a night, had a higher point share than any leaf defender not named Giordano and as a defensive defensemen had more points than Sandin, Liljegren, Holl, and Brodie.
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Cole played 19 minutes a night for Tampa and had more points than Holl and Brodie and a higher point share than Sandin and Brodie
All these guys were arguably better than Holl, Giordano or maybe even Brodie.
Fleury cost $1.3M less than Murray, actually played and had better numbers;
Fleury: .908 S%, 2.85 GAA, 8.2 PS in 46 games
Murray: 903 S%, 3.01 GAA, 4.2 PS in 24 games
So yes literally all these contracts except for Manson and Gudbransson would have been money better spent than close to $5M on Murray.
And nothing says because you dont acquire Murray, that you have to only sign a $4.5M+ player to replace him. You could get 2 players for that cost or make a trade to get a better player.
Some of these signings were so "terrible", you wanted them last season;
Damn wanted to pair Murray with Talbot or Samsonov Hopefully get samsonov as a ufa
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