I don't see why people hate this contract so much. Guy had a 30+ goal season for a bargain price, taking a chance for 3 years at 3.1M isn't a contract that can't buy out or trade. This is a lot better than signing Russell for 4M cap hit over 4 years for example. When he breaks his leg or goes blind blocking a shot if not dies on the ice people will finally stop this crap sliding to block shots which should be a penalty if goalie isn't pulled anyway. In soccer if dive on ground to block a shot its called a dangerous play will get a penalty if not a card. I remember that player who used to be on Kings who got like serious nerve damage for life sliding to block a stupid shot which only hurts the game not helps it at all. Dustin Brown had 1 30 goal season only to get nearly 6M in cap hit even paying him over 7M dollars in actual money for a salary so . Players play a lot longer now, even Hossa was pretty old still producing before a weird skin condition cost him what looks like a HOF career great player. So far I'm the only guy who likes this deal so I must be crazy or right ...
I don't see why people hate this contract so much. Guy had a 30+ goal season for a bargain price, taking a chance for 3 years at 3.1M isn't a contract that can't buy out or trade. This is a lot better than signing Russell for 4M cap hit over 4 years for example. When he breaks his leg or goes blind blocking a shot if not dies on the ice people will finally stop this crap sliding to block shots which should be a penalty if goalie isn't pulled anyway. In soccer if dive on ground to block a shot its called a dangerous play will get a penalty if not a card. I remember that player who used to be on Kings who got like serious nerve damage for life sliding to block a stupid shot which only hurts the game not helps it at all. Dustin Brown had 1 30 goal season only to get nearly 6M in cap hit even paying him over 7M dollars in actual money for a salary so . Players play a lot longer now, even Hossa was pretty old still producing before a weird skin condition cost him what looks like a HOF career great player. So far I'm the only guy who likes this deal so I must be crazy or right ...
It's not necessarily the fact that he's older or that he had a career year this season. It's the fact that he's very injury prone and played almost all of last season with a foot injury which caused him to miss nearly every practice. His proneness to injury plus the fact that he plays a punishing play style (net-front, grinding in the corners, gets hit with a lot of pucks, etc.) in addition to his age is why this contract seems less than ideal. Before this season, he'd only played 70+ games twice in ten seasons (not including the lockout-shortened season). So age + late surge + inability to stay healthy + play style make this contract a bit tough to stomach.
I don't see why people hate this contract so much. Guy had a 30+ goal season for a bargain price, taking a chance for 3 years at 3.1M isn't a contract that can't buy out or trade. This is a lot better than signing Russell for 4M cap hit over 4 years for example. When he breaks his leg or goes blind blocking a shot if not dies on the ice people will finally stop this crap sliding to block shots which should be a penalty if goalie isn't pulled anyway. In soccer if dive on ground to block a shot its called a dangerous play will get a penalty if not a card. I remember that player who used to be on Kings who got like serious nerve damage for life sliding to block a stupid shot which only hurts the game not helps it at all. Dustin Brown had 1 30 goal season only to get nearly 6M in cap hit even paying him over 7M dollars in actual money for a salary so . Players play a lot longer now, even Hossa was pretty old still producing before a weird skin condition cost him what looks like a HOF career great player. So far I'm the only guy who likes this deal so I must be crazy or right ...
It's not necessarily the fact that he's older or that he had a career year this season. It's the fact that he's very injury prone and played almost all of last season with a foot injury which caused him to miss nearly every practice. His proneness to injury plus the fact that he plays a punishing play style (net-front, grinding in the corners, gets hit with a lot of pucks, etc.) in addition to his age is why this contract seems less than ideal. Before this season, he'd only played 70+ games twice in ten seasons (not including the lockout-shortened season). So age + late surge + inability to stay healthy + play style make this contract a bit tough to stomach.
Jeff Carter was seen as an injury prone player that worked out pretty well for Kings, Gaborik to a lesser degree too . I figure if the cap went up by 2M this contract is basically the money added to that cap hit if nothing else. He had a decent Post Season for Stars having 6 points in 9 games after only doing 4 in 7 for Ducks. Looking around the league there are a lot worse players making more money than him. I think even Dustin Penner was making 3Mish a year when on the Kings around 2012. Living in California costs more, if this was Dallas or Florida he would probably have a lower cap hit but make more money. Kings paid Robyn Regehr 3M a season, Dillon makes over 3M a year. Even Greene was at like 2.5M, even if he don't pan out to buy him out isn't that much money. There are players that don't pan out until their 30's, imagine what he can do if he isn't injured . Maybe Cogliano can teach this guy how to stay healthy . Quick has been injury prone but he has 2 Cups, a free agent would have probably cost them more than 3M that might score 20-30 goals. So factoring in the UFA market I like taking a risk on him to produce when able to play. Bieksa has had injuries at times but is a 4M cap hit, Hamanoic never played a full season but got a return some like while others didn't. I'd worry more if he was a 35+ age contract, the rising cap I think makes this worth the gamble. Thanks for giving a view why others don't seem to like this guy or his contract though .