WhatTheDuck
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He's a good player. I'm happy for him he's got a better opportunity in New Jersey than he had in Anaheim - but a big part of that is just that New Jersey is a much thinner team at forward and somebody has to score some goals. I call it the "Calder/Bell/Arnason" effect.
But he just got paid to be a perennial 30-goal man, and that's a reach.
If he does it, Devils got a great bargain.
If he goes back to being a 15/15 guy, that contract is not going to look so hot in a few years.
He produced at the same rate he did in Anaheim, and perennial 30 goal guys make a lot more than this, roughly 50% more.