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Magnum wrote on Mon, 01 July 2019 19:59

Confused as to why the Oilers couldn’t give $4M to Connelly.

Seems like he was the winger that would have made the team at least one notch better.

You seriously would have been OK giving Connelly 4 x 4? Florida gave him 3.2x4 but you have to factor in the tax so Florida teams can give a little less because the take home would be similar to 4 mill.

I liked Connelly and thought he'd be a nice fit but not at 4 yrs and not at 4 mill. He's been a 3rd liner for his career. His contract screamed Pouliot. Then I look at Chiasson who's very much the same player, a bottom 6 guy who had a hell of a year. He might continue scoring like he did but chances are he takes a step back. Then you factor in apparently he's extremely well liked by the team and took on a leadership role. So the Oilers got him for half the term and just over 2 mill. So if he ends up only being a 3rd line, at just over 2 mill, that's no problem.

On the topic of bottom 6 guys. I really liked Tanev but 3.5m for 6 years!!! What the hell is Rutherford doing. He's going to be 28 in Dec and has a career high 14 goals and you give him 6 years!! Thank god Chia isn't here because that is the exact type of contract he would give out.



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