Confirmed Signing with Link: [LAK] D Joel Edmundson signs with the Kings (4 years, $3.85M AAV)

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Damn allocating $7M+ for the next few seasons on Edmundson and Foegele seems like a crazy decision to me. But to be fair most teams have a head scratching contract or two on the books
 
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This is quite obviously the size and toughness tax. Why else would Gostisbehere and Walker, two players with better on-ice results, get smaller AAVs (and in Ghost's case, also a smaller amount of years) than Edmundson?
 

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This is quite obviously the size and toughness tax. Why else would Gostisbehere and Walker, two players with better on-ice results, get smaller AAVs (and in Ghost's case, also a smaller amount of years) than Edmundson?

It’s more because Blake and Bergevin are stupid. The "stupid" tax here.
 

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LA has high taxes. They have to over pay.
It’s the way of the world.

It’s not the “weather” that gets people to sign in Tampa/florida
 

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Having watched him play a half season with the Capitals last year, I flat out don't get it.

This is a real head scratcher.
 
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LA has high taxes. They have to over pay.
It’s the way of the world.

It’s not the “weather” that gets people to sign in Tampa/florida
A raise and a new four year contract for a player who's been having debilitating back issues on and off for the past three years is not just an over-pay. It's actually far worse than an over-pay. Joel Edmundson is not likely to play 50% of these games and he's especially not likely to perform in these games at any remotely acceptable level.
 
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LA has high taxes. They have to over pay.
It’s the way of the world.

It’s not the “weather” that gets people to sign in Tampa/florida
I am definitely in the corner of taxes make a difference, but taxes do not explain the gross term and dollar amount of this deal. I want to know if there were competing offers or something that led to this. Either Blake went in way too high, or he was the guy at an auction that was going to keep saying yup no matter the cost, and another team drove it up.
 

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Having watched him play a half season with the Capitals last year, I flat out don't get it.

This is a real head scratcher.

Do you expect GMs to scout a player they want to sign ? Too much work, they sign a player and hope for the best...:popcorn:

Also, we are talking about Marc Bergevin, a guy who cried for an over the hill Gallagher (I swear he cried) and gave him a putrid contract, when we knew it was too much and that he was almost done.
 

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A raise and a new four year contract for a player who's been having debilitating back issues on and off for the past three years is not just an over-pay. It's actually far worse than an over-pay. Joel Edmundson is not likely to play 50% of these games and he's especially not likely to perform in these games at any remotely acceptable level.
The most likely scenario, in my opinion, is that Blake badly wanted Dillon. When he went elsewhere and Blake realized he was over a barrel looking for a physical LHD, he avoided a protracted bidding war and just gave Edmundson exactly what he asked for - even though it was over the moon.

Same nonsense he did with Kovalchuk.
 

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The most likely scenario, in my opinion, is that Blake badly wanted Dillon. When he went elsewhere and Blake realized he was over a barrel looking for a physical LHD, he avoided a protracted bidding war and just gave Edmundson exactly what he asked for - even though it was over the moon.

Same nonsense he did with Kovalchuk.

Blake is among the best GMs in the league in knowing what he wants and then making it happen.

Blake is among the worst GMs in the league in talent evaluation and cohesive long-term strategy.

It’s a real nightmare scenario.
 

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Blake is among the best GMs in the league in knowing what he wants and then making it happen.

Blake is among the worst GMs in the league in talent evaluation and cohesive long-term strategy.

It’s a real nightmare scenario.
The new Benning?
 

Zilo44

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Edmunston with 50% retention fetch us a 3rd last year. Now he is worth this contract? Nonsense ?
 

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