Majorityof1
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Well I like the trade a whole hell of a lot more than the signing. Not as surprising NYR got rid of him now. 5.8? He had 1 outstanding year and I hope it continues. The term doesn't benefit us either. Either sign him cheap for 2 years or if you're giving him 5 mil plus, it should be for longer than 4 years. He'll be 30 and if things go well (hope they do) he'll be gone in 4 years.
I mean Garland just got 4.9 from Vancouver.
We’re talking about a player who for his career scores at a 53 points per 82 games played rate. And over the last two years it’s right at about 65. That’s in addition to being very good on the PK, and a quality defensive toward. 5.8 million is absolutely in the ballpark for a player of his caliber.
Also, it was very few RFA years. People don't understand the difference between RFA and UFA years. All else being equal, the closer a player is to UFA, the higher the AAV on the contract. Buchnevich could have signed his qualifying offer, and then got a 6-7 year deal @ $7-8M on the open market next year. Why would he give up that opportunity to lock himself into a $4.9M deal with any term?
Garland has an extra year of RFA, which changes things. His QO is also A LOT lower. Buchnevich is qualified at $3.25M whereas Garland is qualified at around $800k and change. If Garland couldn't come to terms with the Coyotes and wanted to play in the NHL, he would make under $2M total on QOs the next 2 years before hitting UFA. That is a lot different then Buchnevich making $3.25 next year and hitting free agency after 1 year. Both contracts included the same number of UFA years. Garland's AAV was tamped down by the extra RFa year, and the fact that he doesn't have near the stats as Buchnevich to base his value on.
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