Craig Laughlin Fan
Joined: Nov. 2019
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I don't like it for a few reasons.
For Garland a good chunk of his value comes from being a power play guy but he wouldn't get PP1 time here, and he only had 34 points at 5v5 last year. I worry he will just be a higher paid version of Sheary in Washington, someone who's decent and speedy everywhere line the lineup but isn't a gamechanger, and I can't justify that type of player at 5 million for the next 3 years. His extra term on his contract also makes it harder to navigate the cap situation next year with Sandin's extension, since you can't count on Oshie or Backstrom to retire and give Washington extra cap space. Also, he would keep a top 6 spot away from Miroshnichenko and Leonard for 2 more years, it just makes the next two years even more of a pain than it needs to be in terms of cap space and roster spots, as I feel it further perpetuates Washington's seemingly eternal winger logjam.