Post 2005/2006: Top 5 worst contracts given

[Bouboumaster]

Since there's a cap hit, what are the top 5 worst contracts given to a player IYO?

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[ViD]

Skinner

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Trouba

 

[BLNY]

Redden 2008. 6 years and $39 million.

 

[Bard Marchand]

Ilya Bryzgalov.

Started in 2011-2012. 9 years, $51M, $5.66M AAV.

Bought out after 2 seasons lol.

He is still being paid until 26-27 @ $1.64m/yr.

 

[PullHard]

Clarkson, Bolland, Richards (NYR) as well

 

[BLNY]

Ilya Bryzgalov.

Started in 2011-2012. 9 years, $51M, $5.66M AAV.

Bought out after 2 seasons lol.

He is still being paid until 26-27 @ $1.64m/yr.

Almost as good as the Bonilla deal.

 

[DearDiary]

Ilya Bryzgalov.

Started in 2011-2012. 9 years, $51M, $5.66M AAV.

Bought out after 2 seasons lol.

He is still being paid until 26-27 @ $1.64m/yr.

Rick DiPetro 15 years @$4.5 in 2006
Bought out in 2013
Paid $1.5 mill until 2029 (16 years buyout)

 

[La Bamba]

Off the top of my head:
David Clarkson (Leafs were lucky to get out of this one)
Ilya Bryzgalov (Flyers were lucky to have compliance buyouts)
Jeff Skinner
Andrew Ladd
Marc-Edouard Vlasic

HM: Lucic, Nurse, Campbell, Huberdeau (may be #1 after next season), Josh Anderson

 

[Maliks PlusMinus]

Trouba

Not even top 5 for players who ended up at NYR

 

[Frobbo]

No P L Dubois mentions?

 

[Tob]

Clarkson, Bolland, Richards (NYR) as well

ehhh, $6.66M, the dude was their best offensive player until that one year. The Amnesty certainly changed the legacy of his contract.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

No P L Dubois mentions?

Think it’s too recent, but I have full confidence he’ll be in contention in 5 years. I really believe in his ability to disappoint.

Skinner’s contract is fine. 6 million for the player, 3 mil for the comedy. Dude is more entertaining than actual Sabres hockey some nights. His ability to pinball off 3 guys in a precise way so as to end up facing the ref, yapping his ear off- generational.

 

[banks]

Rick DiPetro 15 years @$4.5 in 2006
Bought out in 2013
Paid $1.5 mill until 2029 (16 years buyout)

Came in here to say DiPietro. The injuries did him in. But he was unhealthy before the contract, so giving it to him was always bonkers.

 

[PullHard]

ehhh, $6.66M, the dude was their best offensive player until that one year. The Amnesty certainly changed the legacy of his contract.

The amnesty buy out certainly adds a different perspective to it, but any way you want to slice it, NYR gave him $60M/9y and got out from under it after 3 seasons. They probably only intended for him to play 6 or 7 of those seasons when they signed him, but still. Richards was a great player in his time but the hoopla surrounding him that offseason and the contract he ended up signing was the newest benchmark at the time for "here we go, headed for another lockout" rhetoric.

 

[dire wolf]

No P L Dubois mentions?

The Kings have a big decision to make here. If they buy him out this year before his 26th birthday, they only have to pay 1/3 of his remaining salary (and 100% of his bonus). They can save $31.67 million (although the cap hit will be spread over the next 14 years. However, if they wait until after this year, they would have to pay 2/3 of his salary, which would result in a savings of only $13M (with penalty spread over 12 years). Making it even trickier, according to Friedman, if the Stanley Cup playoffs go the maximum number of days, the buyout window might not open until the day of PLD's 26th birthday. It's a bit of a mess.

 

[Hammman]

Distinct lack of Loui Eriksson in this thread.

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

Was Scott gomez in this time frame?

 

[nbwingsfan]

How much did the Leaf’s have to pay out of pocket to an injured Horton to get rid of Clarkson?

 

[DaveG]

*the 2016 UFA class has entered the chat*

 

[Siludin]

Vlasic is a painful one to watch tick away without buyout

 

[Jannik Hansen]

Loui Eriksson

 

[dirtydanglez]

dipietro. islanders only have 5 more years of payments left on that one.

 

[Cas]

Vlasic is a painful one to watch tick away without buyout

Six years as a #7-8 quality defenseman making $7 million, and extended when the team was still good but running into cap trouble. Still two years to go.

No Vlasic and maybe Pavelski and Nyquist stay, we don't have an anchor playing on the second pairing, maybe the window manages to stay open another year or even two. Even if it doesn't, maybe we can actually use some cap space in a useful way.

Just astonishingly awful.

 

[End of Line]

*the 2016 UFA class has entered the chat*

We have a winner. UrinatingTree’s video on that is f***ing hysterical.