Worst Contracts in the NHL currently?

[10YearsHaveGone]

I'm still seeing a lot of Seth Jones in this thread. I keep asking this: Why?

Only 4 players in the league play more minutes-per-game AND get more points-per-game. FOUR. Werenski, Sergachev, Makar, Quinn Hughes. End of list. Those 4 get Norris discussion.

I know he's a bit overpaid at 9.5 million. And his advanced stats are not great because the Hawks are currently terrible. But come on. 25 minutes a game doesn't come for free. You can do a lot worse than Seth Jones. There's no way he's more than a million or two overpaid. There's an endless list of players more overpaid than that.

Jones has 6 ESP in 24 GP this year. Hes -10. Whats more is that 3 defenceman on the Hawks play against elite competition more than Jones (as a % of total TOI). Hes frankly not a good player anymore, hasn't been for several years. His point totals look OK because he plays on the powerplay alot.

 

[Quinning]

It's still OEL being paid $5 million next season by the Canucks to play for the Leafs.

 

[ReimanSum1908]

Nurse, Huberdeau and Karlsson are the easy picks IMO


Gallagher have only 2 years left after this year, he ain't a top 5 worst contrat in the league lol
I'm not even sure he's the worst on the Habs

You're right; Slafkovsky is far worse on the Habs.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Jones has 6 ESP in 24 GP this year. Hes -10. Whats more is that 3 defenceman on the Hawks play against elite competition more than Jones (as a % of total TOI). Hes frankly not a good player anymore, hasn't been for several years. His point totals look OK because he plays on the powerplay alot.

How did you determine the other 3 defenseman, played against tougher elite competition, just curious.

 

[10YearsHaveGone]

How did you determine the other 3 defenseman, played against tougher elite competition, just curious.

I used PuckIQ

Its a fantastic resource to look at player usage. I find it very useful particularly for defenceman to see if they are facing easier or harder matchups

How they determine what players are "elite", "middle", and "Grit" can be found here WoodMoney: A new way to figure out quality of competition in order to analyze NHL data

 

[banks]

Jones has 6 ESP in 24 GP this year. Hes -10. Whats more is that 3 defenceman on the Hawks play against elite competition more than Jones (as a % of total TOI). Hes frankly not a good player anymore, hasn't been for several years. His point totals look OK because he plays on the powerplay alot.

Of course he's -10. Chicago is losing most of their games. Roman Josi is -22. It happens when you play a ton of minutes on a team that is losing.

And 6 ES points in 24 games isn't as bad as you make it sound. Jake Sanderson has 6 ESP in 38 GP this year. Letang has 7 ESP in 35 games.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Not the worst, but Swayman has to be up there this year. Not sure he’s stole a game. Playing pretty meh. Near the bottom in goalie stats after “resetting” the goalie market and all his off season antics regarding the contract
Hopefully it ages better than it’s started

 

[Johnnucleo]

The Chandler Stephenson one needs more love here. It looked awful at the time and somehow looks way worse now after his play has fallen off a cliff. He’s playing like one of the worst players in the league and is signed for an eternity.

100% Absolutely bizarre contract signing when it happened, and getting worse by the day.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Nurse

Nurse has been Edmonton's best defenseman this year. Consistency has been an issue, from a year to year basis, but he's earning his cap hit this season. Or most of it at least. At minimum, he shouldn't be in this discussion right now.

 

[10YearsHaveGone]

Of course he's -10. Chicago is losing most of their games. Roman Josi is -22. It happens when you play a ton of minutes on a team that is losing.

And 6 ES points in 24 games isn't as bad as you make it sound. Jake Sanderson has 6 ESP in 38 GP this year. Letang has 7 ESP in 35 games.

Hes -100 since going to Chicago. Sure they are a bad team, and he is a fundamental reason they are bad. His GA/60 is 3.8 during his time there. The Hawks as a team have a GA/60 of about 3.4 in that time.

6 ESP is downright terrible for a dman making 9.5 million.

As for the comparisons to other players: Sanderson has a downright awful OIS% of 3.9% this year. Letang will likely be out of the league soon due to age.

If these are the comparable's you want to bring up for a supposed #1D with a 9.5 mil cap hit, well good grief. Its a terrible contract.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Jones has 6 ESP in 24 GP this year. Hes -10. Whats more is that 3 defenceman on the Hawks play against elite competition more than Jones (as a % of total TOI). Hes frankly not a good player anymore, hasn't been for several years. His point totals look OK because he plays on the powerplay alot.

6 even strength points for an offense first defenseman is pretty bad, but -10 on a team like Chicago is actually pretty good in the grand scheme of it all.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Every f***in one of them gets too much money. Like c'mon, Its absurd.

Not when you look at the profits made by the league. Think about it, if the players don't get paid, where does that money go? They aren't going to decrease ticket prices or jersey prices. It goes to the billionaire owners if the players don't get paid.

I'd consider doughty tbh. Love him but 11M for 2 or 3 more seasons? He's 37and injured right now.

That's partially paying for the front of the deal though. He was elite when he signed that contract, and everyone knew he was going to be on the decline at the end of it.

 

[McDonald19]

Not sure why people still mention Gibson.

He has been good this season, and $6 mil+ is becoming a normal goalie cap hit.

His contract ends after 26-27.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Yeah, which is why a team with arguably the two best players in the league currently is fighting for the playoffs

You mean the team with the 4th lowest shots against? If there is an issue with the Oilers this year, it certainly isn't defensive play. They're comfortably in the playoffs right now too. They have went 20 - 5 - 2 since the start of November, after their annual slow start. The Oilers are playing fine.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Not sure why people still mention Gibson.

He has been good this season, and $6 mil+ is becoming a normal goalie cap hit.

His contract ends after 26-27.

People are mostly just trotting out the same old names it appears, even if the players have rebounded. This discussion should be dominated by players who aren't effective, or are buried cap hits playing in the AHL. Cal Petersen, M.E. Vlasic are the worst two in my opinion.

 

[Coffey]

Yeah, which is why a team with arguably the two best players in the league currently is fighting for the playoffs

It could have taken you 3 mins to google the standings, but instead you chose to write this terrible post.

 

[viceroy]

Gallagher.

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Yeah we're cool with him. I mean even with him we've still weaponized our cap space better than pretty much any team.

Carey Price

1.1 million for each win on his current contract

Just FYI no Habs fans are crying over this. One more year too, that's it.

You're right; Slafkovsky is far worse on the Habs.

Yeah his 950k cap hit is just killing us this season. Fricking "Habs fan" trawling for likes on the Main Boards. YUCK

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Yeah we're cool with him. I mean even with him we've still weaponized our cap space better than pretty much any team.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Yeah we're cool with him. I mean even with him we've still weaponized our cap space better than pretty much any team.





Just FYI no Habs fans are crying over this. One more year too, that's it.



Yeah his 950k cap hit is just killing us this season. Fricking "Habs fan" trawling for likes on the Main Boards. YUCK

lol really, ok

 

[10YearsHaveGone]

Yeah we're cool with him. I mean even with him we've still weaponized our cap space better than pretty much any team

The question wasn't "which team has weaponized cap space the best", it was "which contracts are the worst".

Gallagher pretty comfortably fits the description. An oft injured, 10-15 goal scorer bottom 6 forward is not worth 6.5 million. Hes more of a 2-2.5 million dollar player.

 

[Bouboumaster]

You're right; Slafkovsky is far worse on the Habs.

Slaf's deal is a solid gamble, but I think it will pay off in the end

He showed us he had the talent, what he need now is consistancy

 

[Master Bill]

It's considered a "big race" between Nurse and Huberdeau for the #1 spot here but with the lack of cap EDM has, the Nurse contract hurts the team much more than the Huberdeau contract.

 

[Volica]

It's considered a "big race" between Nurse and Huberdeau for the #1 spot here but with the lack of cap EDM has, the Nurse contract hurts the team much more than the Huberdeau contract.

Jonathan hasn't clearly lived up to 10.5M, clearly clearly.
But he's also having an okay season, he's our best offensive guy on a team devoid of talent. Like I don't think people realize how little offensive power this Flames team has. Huberdeau is the only guy trending to score more than 60 points this year. Shango and Kuzmenko make a combined 8.6 million dollars and have 7 goals and 21 points between the two of them If Sharangovich doesn't return to form, he'll actually have the worst contract on the team next year.

Again, not saying he has a good contract; but I'd rather have his contract than Stamkos, Nurse or hell, even someone like Lindholm.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Some names around here, might just have a bad year or a soon to be ending contract.

Some others like Nurse, PLD, Huberdeau, you just know what you get. These are the bad ones.

 

[BHD]

Huberdeau is the first one that comes to mind