eric staal at 8.2 isn't bad at all. he's a premiere 1C thats so increadibly underrated. he's big as shit too

He's Philly's franchise player in the prime of his career. He was going to get paid

It's bad

No one wants to play in Carolina, they have to overpay everyone to play there. Literally everyone is overpaid, except Tlusty who will be overpaid come next year.

meh, he score at PPG or close to PPG while being a big body and not soft, seeing other contracts it's not that bad at all

The whole point of the CBA was to scale down contracts. It's not like giroux is a Crosby or Quick who can carry his team into playoffs almost singlehandedly. He's not worth a penny over 7m at this point.

He is their leader. He is the guy Philadelphia is going to turn to. again though, Perry and Getzlaf getting 8.25M are the easiest comparables along with Staal. It would have been nice to have it a bit lower, but that contract is what it's going to take to lock him up. If he was to go to free agency next year you could be sure someone would give him more. Think what you want, but he's an elite player who is only getting better.

While true, the fact that contracts are bad in general doesn't justify giving a bad contract.

welcome to the NHL, where Semin's caphit is 500k less than Stamkos, and where Toews and Kane are worth 2M less than E. Staal

Using Jim Rutherford contracts isn't good for an argument

*shrug* guess I'm not willing to accept shitty contracts as the status quo. Must be an entitled thing being a Detroit fan and paying players what they're worth instead of a BS inflated rate because the market is dumb in general.
By this logic pavel should make 9m in his extension

This post was edited by dxlightning on Jul 4 2013 12:41pm