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Worst contracts in the league

Created by: mv21227
Team: 2023-24 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Jun. 28, 2023
Published: Jun. 28, 2023
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No contracts with 1 year left. Probably forgetting some.
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28$83,500,000$195,225,000$0$0-$111,725,000
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$10,500,000$10,500,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 8
Logo of the Dallas Stars
$9,850,000$9,850,000
C, RW
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$6,500,000$6,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
$5,625,000$5,625,000
C, LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the New York Islanders
$8,500,000$8,500,000
C
NTC
UFA - 8
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$5,000,000$5,000,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Los Angeles Kings
$8,500,000$8,500,000
C
UFA - 8
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$3,400,000$3,400,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$6,750,000$6,750,000
C
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$7,000,000$7,000,000
C
NMC
UFA - 6
Logo of the Washington Capitals
$9,200,000$9,200,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$9,250,000$9,250,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$10,000,000$10,000,000
G
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$7,500,000$7,500,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the New York Rangers
$8,000,000$8,000,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
$6,000,000$6,000,000
G
NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$7,000,000$7,000,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$5,100,000$5,100,000
RD
UFA - 4
Logo of the Seattle Kraken
$5,900,000$5,900,000
G
NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
$6,500,000$6,500,000
LD
NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$4,000,000$4,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$5,400,000$5,400,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
$4,750,000$4,750,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$10,000,000$10,000,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2

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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:31 p.m.
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Where's Ovie >?
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:31 p.m.
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Quoting: draft_em_sign_em_trade_em
Where's Ovie >?


Not sure how Copp is here or Morgan Rielly
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:32 p.m.
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Love Backstrom (as a Caps fan), but his contract is pretty brutal. 5x9.2m signed 3 years ago (at 32 years old)
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.
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Not sure how Copp is here or Morgan Rielly


+Horvat & PLD
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.
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Rielly, Copp, Anderson and even PLD maybe are not bad at all
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.
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Rielly has one of the best value contracts, not one of the worst
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.
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As a WPG JETS fan... I approve. Especially of PLD in LAK. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Thanks for taking that big arse lazy crybaby, overpaying him and giving us some very good people in return.
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.
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Rielly contract is actually very reasonable. PLD is only 25 years old. 8.5m x 8 is not a bad contract at all for what he brings.

I would actually add Erik Karlsson to this list. I can guarantee no team would take him for free at full cap hit and he just won the Norris. That proves his contract is way too steep. EK at 9.5 might get a team to take him for free though but I don't see anyone paying for ek at 9.5m. Once you start getting into the 7.5m range, that's where I see EK starting to have some good value.
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.
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Quoting: mmccRed198913
Not sure how Copp is here or Morgan Rielly


Copp: average 3C with bad defensive metrics getting paid over 5.5M. Also only scored 9 goals this season

Rielly: defensive liability who regressed offensively and is signed for 7 more years at a big cap hit
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.
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+Horvat & PLD


I don't think Horvat is an 8.5M player but yeah it's not that bad. As for PLD, it's way to early to be saying that considering his age, might as well put Thomas on here as well. I would even say Huberdeau doesn't belong even though he's probably not going to be a 10.5M player by the end. Last year was an outlier probably and I expect him to play to his contract in year one.
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.
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Love Backstrom (as a Caps fan), but his contract is pretty brutal. 5x9.2m signed 3 years ago (at 32 years old)


His new contract was retro pay... for signing a 10 yr $67 million contract during his prime years, he was an underpaid star player.

MacKinnon's huge pay hike was also a retro pay contract, for his previously super low contract.
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:37 p.m.
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San Jose is way underrepresented here. Vlasic, Karlsson, Couture, Hertl. All terrible contracts. Karlsson just won the Norris and can't even be traded without major concessions as his contract is so bad.
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:37 p.m.
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Love Backstrom (as a Caps fan), but his contract is pretty brutal. 5x9.2m signed 3 years ago (at 32 years old)


I thought I was forgetting one from Washington, I’ll add him
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:38 p.m.
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Copp: average 3C with bad defensive metrics getting paid over 5.5M. Also only scored 9 goals this season

Rielly: defensive liability who regressed offensively and is signed for 7 more years at a big cap hit


He was injured, and had a bad regular season, but did you see his playoff performance? He's still a top offensive defense and that doesn't make his contract bad. He's 28 or 29, if he's good for another 5 years it doesn't matter if the last two are bad.
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Rielly contract is actually very reasonable. PLD is only 25 years old. 8.5m x 8 is not a bad contract at all for what he brings.

I would actually add Erik Karlsson to this list. I can guarantee no team would take him for free at full cap hit and he just won the Norris. That proves his contract is way too steep. EK at 9.5 might get a team to take him for free though but I don't see anyone paying for ek at 9.5m. Once you start getting into the 7.5m range, that's where I see EK starting to have some good value.


Karlsson is tough because yeah the contract isn’t great but he also won the Norris and had 100 points. I was debating whether or not to put him in and decided not to. Can totally get putting him in though
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:43 p.m.
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Rielly: defensive liability who regressed offensively and is signed for 7 more years at a big cap hit


At 5v5 this playoffs, Rielly was arguably the most dangerous defensemen... Rielly has leadership/Heart/Grit and is physical along the boards

But what confuses me is that you say Rielly is a defensive liability and yet you don't have Tyler Myers here...
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:44 p.m.
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He was injured, and had a bad regular season, but did you see his playoff performance? He's still a top offensive defense and that doesn't make his contract bad.


One playoff run doesn’t make your contract good. Do you think Bobrovsky’s contract is good?

I wouldn’t even call Rielly an top offensive dmen anymore. Among defenders with 200+ minutes at 5v5, he was 58th in P/60. Behind the likes of Gavin Bayreuther, Calvin de Haan, Luke Schenn, Jamie Oleksiak, Nick Perbix, and Dylan Demelo
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:44 p.m.
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He was injured, and had a bad regular season, but did you see his playoff performance? He's still a top offensive defense and that doesn't make his contract bad. He's 28 or 29, if he's good for another 5 years it doesn't matter if the last two are bad.


Defensmen's end of peak is around 34/35, near when Rielly's contract ends
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Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:44 p.m.
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At 5v5 this playoffs, Rielly was arguably the most dangerous defensemen... Rielly has leadership/Heart/Grit and is physical along the boards

But what confuses me is that you say Rielly is a defensive liability and yet you don't have Tyler Myers here...


Myers would be here, but I didn’t include contracts that only have 1 year left
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:45 p.m.
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One playoff run doesn’t make your contract good. Do you think Bobrovsky’s contract is good?

I wouldn’t even call Rielly an top offensive dmen anymore. Among defenders with 200+ minutes at 5v5, he was 58th in P/60. Behind the likes of Gavin Bayreuther, Calvin de Haan, Luke Schenn, Jamie Oleksiak, Nick Perbix, and Dylan Demelo


Rielly was tied for most even strength points by a defensemen these playoffs and is consistently around a ppg in the playoffs
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:47 p.m.
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I don't think Horvat is an 8.5M player but yeah it's not that bad. As for PLD, it's way to early to be saying that considering his age, might as well put Thomas on here as well. I would even say Huberdeau doesn't belong even though he's probably not going to be a 10.5M player by the end. Last year was an outlier probably and I expect him to play to his contract in year one.


Horvat’s is really bad. His play really fell off in NY, and really cashed in on a contract year spike season. Good for him, but Isles fans will agree it’s a bad contract

PLD I see the argument why it’s not, but I just don’t ever see him being worth that much (but I also am maybe taking the trade return into account also which also skewed my opinion a bit)
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Myers would be here, but I didn’t include contracts that only have 1 year left


JT Miller? Connor Garland? Sergachev? Couturier?
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.
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His new contract was retro pay... for signing a 10 yr $67 million contract during his prime years, he was an underpaid star player.

MacKinnon's huge pay hike was also a retro pay contract, for his previously super low contract.


Nice. Def agree with you on him being underpaid in the past. But his current one is still a bad contract
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:52 p.m.
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JT Miller? Connor Garland? Sergachev? Couturier?


Miller: very reasonable contract for someone who’s 12th in the league in points over the last 4 years, especially compared to guys like Horvat/Dubois/Hertl

Garland: good 2nd liner making 2nd liner money. At most maybe 500k overpaid, but I’d say he’s worth his contract

Sergachev: could definitely be here. Didn’t really think about him tbh

Couturier: not sure if he’s gonna play again so didn’t include him
Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:53 p.m.
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One playoff run doesn’t make your contract good. Do you think Bobrovsky’s contract is good?

I wouldn’t even call Rielly an top offensive dmen anymore. Among defenders with 200+ minutes at 5v5, he was 58th in P/60. Behind the likes of Gavin Bayreuther, Calvin de Haan, Luke Schenn, Jamie Oleksiak, Nick Perbix, and Dylan Demelo


One bad year doesn't make your contract bad... He went goaless for a long stretch of the season and then suffered injuries. His playoff performance is indication that he hasn't fallen off.
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