Quoting: RobbStark03
Price's contract just saved us Jake Allen due to expansion draft.
Petry would have made more on the open market, and is a #1D on half the teams in the league, underrated player.
Weber's contract is only bad to Nashville, not to Montreal. Or did we just forget how he played on one leg and one hand in the playoffs?
No offense here, but Allen just put up below league average numbers last season, and for his career, his numbers are right around league average. Not sure why not losing him in expansion is considered a huge win, when instead you lost a decent young D prospect instead? Maybe there was no real future in Montreal for Fleury, but I don't think it's a huge win by any means.
Not saying that Allen isn't a capable backup, but those guys are a dime a dozen. If we're banking on the 19/20 year, or 15/16, sure, he was solid, but overall, notsogreat.
With Petry, what a great offensive season last year! I'm assuming the OP has him here though due to concern about paying that much in an extension for the age 34-37 years. No reason for concern just yet, but we all know how the aging curve works 99% of the time.
You're right with Weber. If he was healthy, you'd be in trouble, but now it's a rough spot to put Nashville in (Perhaps why they've cleared so much payroll space?). It'll be interesting to see how it works out-The NHL were the ones to push for the recapture penalty to avoid contracts like his-Will they stick to their guns and actually penalize the Preds for this (which would be massive)? Or will they let Weber live out his career on LTIR if he is in fact done?