we miss leo k
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Wanted to jump in and say that I'm not getting the hate for Mathieu Joseph here.
He's been a steady 30 point scorer in his career who draws penalties at an elite rate. He's strong defensively (regressed a little this year but has strong career defensive GSVA numbers) and is a great penalty killer. His shooting percentage is miserable this year (5%??) and if he had scored at the same rate he had coming into this year (14.9%) we'd be talking about a guy who'd put up a 9-15-24 in 52 GP. I don't think $2.95M is outlandish for a solid 3rd line winger. Whether or not you think there's a spot on your team is obviously up for debate, but you only have to go back a few weeks to the deadline to see a nearly identical player with a similar cap hit getting traded for a 4th in Oskar Sundqvist. The value is fine.