Edited Feb. 16, 2022 at 7:25 p.m.
Quoting: SevenLeg
Is he though? He's having a better season, no doubt, but better "by a lot" I doubt it. Not that Dallas should jump on that, but using a normal sample size, Petry has significantly better numbers than Klingberg.


I’ll bring this here since the thread was deleted.
That’s in the past 3 years, this year Petry has been playing horribly offensively and defensively, while being 34, and signed for 3 more year at 6.25 million. That’s a lot of red flags.
You can show his past seasons all you want, but being over 34, a down season usually means regression (example: Jamie Benn). If he plays like he does this year next year his contract will look worst than Suter’s.
You can say what if he was in a better team and system he’d produce better, and that it’s because his mental state is not there all you want, but until it happens it’s all “what if’s”. The difference between my “what if’s” and yours is that mine are on rate to happen it things continue as they are.
I’ll say this once more, and I know Montreal fans don’t want to hear it. Until Petry starts playing like he did, his value is extremely low. Believe me I know it very well, Dallas loves old underproducing players who have big contract’s a little too much.
The only thing that lowers Klingberg’s value is defence (obviously not his strong side) and his wants for his next contract.
Petry has more value to Montreal than any other team, while Klingberg it’s pretty much the same if not even more. That’s the big difference between their values.