Ziggy Stardust
Master Debater
Alec Martinez is making Roman Josi money, and Martinez signed after Josi got his $4M per year contract.
I'd rather have a Travis Hamonic at less than $4M who can play in his own zone. Vlasic is a superior defenseman over Martinez and he's only earning $250K more than him. Hjalmarsson makes only $100K more than Martinez.
These are dmen who are significantly better in their end of the ice and are within the same ballpark in salary. And they play more minutes and are more heavily relied upon.
I liken what's happening with Martinez to what happened with Girardi in NY. When he came along at first, he had tons of promise and developed into a dependable middle pairing dman who can produce. But as his responsibilities and minutes increased, he struggled against tougher competition, which is exactly what's happening with Martinez.
I think we're seeing a similar situation with David Savard in Columbus. They're about your average sized dmen who struggle with decision making while under heavy pressure. Martinez excelled when he had a partner who could give him an easy access. Greene was that perfect compliment and at one point was very good at getting the puck out of his own end of the ice.
Now you have two guys who struggle to do just that in Martinez and Muzzin, two dmen who panic under pressure, who scramble behind their goal line and are constantly caught out of position due to egregious turnovers caused on their part.
Add the fact that Martinez can't stay healthy and hasn't appeared in a full season and the fact that he's turning 30, then you might realize why moving him may not be such a bad idea.
Do you guys realize that this team already has about $60M in committed contracts next season? And that's without the RFA contracts due for Toffoli, Pearson, Shore, Andreoff, LaDue and Gravel. They're stuck with a slew of terrible contracts. Some players will have to be dealt in order for them to have some cap flexibility. Martinez has to be one of those players.
I'd rather have a Travis Hamonic at less than $4M who can play in his own zone. Vlasic is a superior defenseman over Martinez and he's only earning $250K more than him. Hjalmarsson makes only $100K more than Martinez.
These are dmen who are significantly better in their end of the ice and are within the same ballpark in salary. And they play more minutes and are more heavily relied upon.
I liken what's happening with Martinez to what happened with Girardi in NY. When he came along at first, he had tons of promise and developed into a dependable middle pairing dman who can produce. But as his responsibilities and minutes increased, he struggled against tougher competition, which is exactly what's happening with Martinez.
I think we're seeing a similar situation with David Savard in Columbus. They're about your average sized dmen who struggle with decision making while under heavy pressure. Martinez excelled when he had a partner who could give him an easy access. Greene was that perfect compliment and at one point was very good at getting the puck out of his own end of the ice.
Now you have two guys who struggle to do just that in Martinez and Muzzin, two dmen who panic under pressure, who scramble behind their goal line and are constantly caught out of position due to egregious turnovers caused on their part.
Add the fact that Martinez can't stay healthy and hasn't appeared in a full season and the fact that he's turning 30, then you might realize why moving him may not be such a bad idea.
Do you guys realize that this team already has about $60M in committed contracts next season? And that's without the RFA contracts due for Toffoli, Pearson, Shore, Andreoff, LaDue and Gravel. They're stuck with a slew of terrible contracts. Some players will have to be dealt in order for them to have some cap flexibility. Martinez has to be one of those players.
