 RDOilerfan
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| Adam wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 11:53 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 11:19 |
I always want every player to take less but I don't hate the contract.
The reaction from the usual suspects is what I expected. The price range was set in the offseason for UFA forwards who are teens in goals, 30+ pts and are top 9 forwards.
Donskoi - 4 yrs 3.9 mill
Connelly - 4 yrs 3.5 mill
Tanev - Who's nothing more than a 3rd liner at best, 6 yrs - 3.5 mill with a modified no trade.
Compher - a bit younger but same production 4 yrs 3.5 mill.
Burakovsky - A bit younger , worst production but 1 yr 3.25
Calvert - Signing for th 18/19 season. Is definitely more of a 9-12 forward 3 yrs, 2.875.
There is just a few.
Many bloggers and fans in here were lobbying for the Oilers to sign Donskoi and Connelly last year and wouldn't bat an eye at what they got. Kassian gets less than all those guys and it's a bad deal.
The guys who complain about the contract are the same guys who complain about the Oilers letting guys go and how they lack depth. They are the same guys who have no issue about players like Donskoi and Connelly and whoever else who sign market value contracts with other teams but complain that the Oilers always miss out.
As I said, I always want players to take less than what the market dictates but there are very real comparable players to Kassian that set the price and he got less.
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Donskoi is younger and has three 30+ point seasons to his name going in to this season. Kassian's never hit 30 points (he will this year likely) and he's hitting 30 in age next year. Donskoi isn't getting to play with McDavid either...I don't know how you see those as comparables.
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Because I am not cherry picking the players I want to make my case. I looked at top 9 forwards who have recently signed that came to mind. I fully admit, I didn't look at every single team. I forgot to mention Ferland who signed for 4 yrs at 3.5 mill.
I looked for players who would be considered top 9 forwards who have mid to high teens in goals and 30+ pts. If you want to say Donskoi is slightly better, sure. He's almost making 700K more than Kassian.
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