Edited Aug. 31, 2022 at 7:34 a.m.
Quoting: Sabres923
Okposo had crazy unlucky health issues. Skinner In his 2 seasons playing top 6 minutes has 73 goals in those years. It was Thompson first full NHL year playing center and he scored 38 goals it will work out well. Kyle nearly died from the treatment and Jeff was absolutely misused by Krueger!
Quoting: sabres89
I'm one of the few sabres fans that doesnt like thompson, I cringed when I saw this. He doubled his career shooting percentage, gonna be tough to maintain. Hoping he ends up as a decent middle 6 center.
Quoting: bagelbob
eh if i were them i’d have waited until halfway through the year at least, there’s a chance he makes it look like a steal but also a chance it looks like a terrible deal before it even starts
Quoting: Skyraider112
It depends on how he performs this season. The team is only going to get better so unless his production falls steeply from last season it will be a fine contract, perhaps even a big steal. A tempered expectation for him this season would be between 50-60 points, 25-30 goals. Is that worth 7.1 mil? I'd say that is a bit rich, but he could eclipse 60 points and then I'd say its fair enough
Quoting: xercuses
Compared with Thomas, Hischer, Barzal, what Larkin will get, Dubois, I think it’s fair but those other guys are better and have been better longer if you know what I mean. None of them ever scored 38 goals in a season, but Larkin is certainly MUCH better than any of them. All of them could have been used as comparatives as well, their salaries are $8,125,000, $7,250,000, $7,000,000, $6,100,000, and $6,000,000 respectively.
Think of this as an 8 year contract. $1,400,000 for the first year then $50,000,000 for the next seven
$6,425,000 for eight years will appear to be a bargain if he can average 30 goals for the next 5 years.
$6,425,000 is very comparable to the five players mentioned by
@xercuses.
Second, do you all remember people would comment on how many times he would miss the net, well he was shooting at the posts instead of the GK crest.
2020-'21, he had 147 SAT, 96 SAG, 31 blocked 21%,
19 wide, over, goal post or cross bar 13%.
2021-'22, he had 457 SAT, 253 SAG, 109 blocked 24%,
95 wide, over, goal post or cross bar 21%
He was shooting for the corners, it is not surprising that his shooting percentage improved.