Quoting: josi4norris
Just curious.. how many players that have scored .7 points per game over the past 4 seasons are paid 3 million per year? And that's including this past season which was a down year. Not saying he's not overpaid, but 5 million?
To be fair, UFA and the flat cap have changed a lot. DeAngelo in NYR got a real similar deal to the one Ghost got at the same point in their careers, this off season. But most UFAs are stuck because a lot of teams are capped out internally, so youre seeing guys like ceci sign for below regular market value.
JVR got 7mil in the UFA market which was just a bit off, but I'm sure at that point there were many offers in the 6+ million range, same with Johansen. Now do they look like overpayments, sure.
JVR is still a 25 goal, 45-50 pt guy, who even in todays market would fetch 5mil or more, Johansen would catch 6.5-7mil even in todays market. Hell, Hall just got 8 mil and Gallagher just got resigned for 6.5mil in this squeezed market. Saying JVR and Johansen are overpaid is not incorrect, but I'd add they're both overpaid by about 1 mil and not much more, even in this market.
JVR at 5.5mil would be an easy trade for Philly, Johansen at 6.5mil would be a bargain for NASH.
But again, a lot of these guys on here, look at Ghost's injury filled year, playing 3LD behind Provorov and Sanheim and believe he has negative value in trade, even with a career season average of 43 pts including a shortened 1st season and last years disaster.