Quoting: HABS19
the guy was leading MTL in points at once, and how do you expect him to be a superstar when his wingers are shaw and hudon
HAHAHAHA - Can you let me know when exactly he was "leading" MTL in points?
Nothing you say in your response warrants a 4.5M/year salary for Danault.
He's done nothing - irregardless of his wingers (and he's been paired more with Patches than anyone else)
Patches found ways to scoring 30+ goals a season consistently playing with a rotation of Cs including Plekanec and Desharnais.
Actually, the case can be made that since Patches has been paired with Danault his production has decreased - if it weren't for Radulov in 2017, Patches and Danault would NEVER have put up the numbers they did last season. This season Patches has been centered by Danault for most of the season and he's only at 17g - nowhere near his production of seasons past.
So again I'll repeat - what has Danault done to warrant a 4.5M/year salary -
The answer is simple - absoloutely nothing.
In fact, the argument can be made that he shouldn't even be a 2C - since playing with elite goal scorers isn't his thing.
He's a perfect 3C (ala Plekanec) and should not get anything north of 2.5M/year (2-3 years max).