im not in any way against ryan callahan, but there comes a point where you need to understand true value over your personal feelings towards a player. compare callahan to players like dustin brown ($5.875m thru 2022), david backes ($4.5m thru 2017), even mike richards who is a much better player than callahan getting $5.750m. callahan can be closely comparable to brown and backes in terms of play but comes in at 3rd. i threw in richards based on raw numbers because, for the money mike richards gets, you see the quality of player you can have in your lineup. callahan is oft-injured, has similar numbers to dustin brown, and is most likely going to get a handsome raise. my thoughts and feelings for this team is there is no reason for callahan to get the same or more than brown's $5.875m. AT ABSOLUTE MOST, captain or not, should get $5.50m. thats the absolute max.
now people are going to obviously dislike my opinion and i expect that because people have grown attached to the guy, but lets be real. he's worth the right price, but not any more. I've heard enough rumors involving his name in trades and what not the past day or two, and i take it with a grain of salt, but just because he wears the 'C', doesn't make him safe. i fully expect him to stick around or through the deadline, and re-sign, but i won't be surprised if he doesn't.
if, in fact, he is gone, i expect nash, staal, or richards (if not bought out) would be named captain
