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Forum: NHL SigningsWed at 10:33 am
Thread: Philadelphia Flyers signed Kevin Hayes (7 Years / $7,142,857 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ON3M4N</b></div><div>Ready for this one....

Over the last 3 seasons:

<em>Kevin Hayes - 223GP / 148Pts / 0.66 PGP</em>
<strong>Dustin Brown - 233GP / 148Pts / 0.64 PGP</strong>

^Dustin Brown at $5.8 is considered a bad contract...wonder what that makes this Hayes deal?</div></div>

I appreciate your choosing Brown as a comp because both players are two-way forwards whose contributions exceed raw point totals. Arguably center is a bit more valuable, but let's shelve that for a more fundamental contrast:

Dustin Brown has 3 years left on his deal and he will turn 35 in November. He will be <strong>37 </strong><em>during </em>the last season of the deal.
Hayes recently turned 27 years old in May. He will be<strong> 33 </strong><em>during</em> the last season of his new deal.
When Dustin Brown signed his deal before the 14-15 season, it was <strong>8.5%</strong> of the salary cap.
Depending upon whether the cap is set to $82 or $83 million for 19-20, Hayes' deal is expected to be between <strong>8.6-8.71%</strong> of the salary cap.

In sum, Hayes' deal is by 1-2 tenths of a percent more expensive than Brown's, but does not extend well into what should probably be retirement years. Brown's deal is significantly worse because of the age/term factor. This isn't to say UFA isn't expensive; it absolutely is. 8.6-8.7% of the cap is nothing to sneeze at. The term could be a year shorter and be more attractive, but if the salary is front loaded, then the contract is probably going to be quite marketable to a cap floor team that many years down the line. We'll get those details later.

(Edit) P.S. In the 3 seasons leading up to that deal, Brown had 207GP / 110Pts / 0.53 PPG
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 11:24 pm
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 2:01 pm
Thread: south philly tire fire
The deals make sense, but the pairings, not so much. Fletcher is on record penciling in Myers to the 3rd pair to start the season. Also, no way Sanheim or Niskanen start on the 3rd pair. They're both too good for that.

If they aren't trusting Ghost to return to form yet, he is starting on the 3rd pair with Myers. If Ghost is tearing it up in camp and pre-season, they may put him back with Provy on the top pair. If that happens, the byproduct is possibly Braun (R) falling to the 7th D man and Morin (L) getting a 3rd pair shot most likely.

It's great to have such depth. Mind you, if Myers has a great season, he will move up the order for sure. I'm not knocking you for putting him so high or anything. He's got great potential. Plenty to be excited about with this D corps.