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Joe_La_Garnotte

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Forum: NHL SigningsJun. 8, 2023 at 2:23 p.m.
Thread: Chicago Blackhawks signed Andreas Athanasiou (2 Years / $4,250,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jco5ta5</b></div><div>Either people don’t understand facts or choose to ignore them because they simply hate the Hawks. I’m choosing the latter for most people here.

1) he’s a 20 goal scorer in a top 6 role. Proved it last year. Is he top 6 in Vegas or Colorado? No. But 6 guys x 32 teams is 192 players are “top 6”. He’s in the top 192 even if he ranks 192/192.
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Nope. There are plenty of teams that are deep enough to have 3rd liners better than this guy.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jco5ta5</b></div><div>
4) Hawks are going to be bad so you do have to overpay to keep guys.
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No. If you are going to be bad, you either sign people long-term so they will still be there after the rebuild, or you sign new players for minimum wage and take on expensive contracts while piling up the draft picks / prospects.

This is the worst of both worlds.