Number1RedWingsFan52
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Right meant signed not drafted, Because he went un-drafted now we know why.Just want to point out that we signed him. Pretty sure everybody in the league wanted him as well
Right meant signed not drafted, Because he went un-drafted now we know why.Just want to point out that we signed him. Pretty sure everybody in the league wanted him as well
Right meant signed not drafted, Because he went un-drafted now we know why.
There were several teams courting Dekeyser when he decided to sign with the Wings.
I think he just got overhyped early and is now suffering because he's constantly being asked to play over his head.
Ahh yes, the old "there are 30 #1Cs and 60 top-pairing d-men" argument. Good one
Math says you're wrong...
Niskanen is also playing on a team that has a player with as many goals as the entire Red Wings team so far. A team that's always in the hunt for the president's trophy. Too bad we have absolutely zero idea what Dekeyser can do on a decent team.I mean we literally just signed a defenseman who is better for cheaper off the open market, in Trevor Daley.
DeKeyser is not middle of the pack, he is very much overpaid. Just because there are other overpaid guys, doesn't mean he is not overpaid.
And Niskanen and some of those guys you list are much better players. Niskanen has played 23 minutes a night in Washington at a ~35 pt pace since he has been there. They are getting way more out of him than we are getting out of DeKeyser.
Jonathan Ericsson 2.0
Right meant signed not drafted, Because he went un-drafted now we know why.
Ahh yes, the old "there are 30 #1Cs and 60 top-pairing d-men" argument. Good one
Well, since you don't/can't pay draft picks like #1 Cs, and since you wouldn't/shouldn't pay bridge players like #1Cs, how would you extrapolate here?
Does the length of the contract factor into the equation? Would more years lower the hit in some way? I know Quincey isn't playing with the Wings anymore, so his cap hit is 3 X less, but there's probably players out there like that on 1 year deals, so I'd assume that their deals mess with the numbers a bit.
Does his $4.375 million dollar bridge deal factor in? He didn't sacrifice on the bridge, so any argument that he's being rewarded should be muted.
Hometown discount here? Everyone is upset about AA trying to work capitalism to his advantage, but it seems like DeKeyser did it boss style on his bridge, and hit it out if the park on the following one. For a kid from the area, it seems like he pwned his childhood team hard on his last 2 contracts... the opposite of what one would expect.
Can we find one conspiracy theory and stick with it?
Does Holland go after ONLY Russians, Swedes, or Michiganders? It's so hard to keep track of what region he has a bias for, it's almost as if the bias doesn't exist.
Michiganders seems to be the new mojo. It fits and plays into the new team identity "character"