StCapps wrote:Silver lining though, more ice time for Sam Girard. Still though, that is going to hurt our shot at a playoff run, EJ is crucial for that, and we are on the outside looking in right now.
That EJ contract is brutal, six more years at six million per for Joffrey Lupul-itis, it would actually be better if he went full on Nathan Horton-itis so you could just have that six sheets as extra cap room.
The Leafs should actually take David Clarkson's contract back now and just bury him on Loubidas Island, Nathan Horton-itis is a critical asset to cap teams naow. You can even trade it around, every cap team would like to have a Loubidas Island.
StCapps wrote:Silver lining though, more ice time for Sam Girard. Still though, that is going to hurt our shot at a playoff run, EJ is crucial for that, and we are on the outside looking in right now.
That EJ contract is brutal, six more years at six million per for Joffrey Lupul-itis, it would actually be better if he went full on Nathan Horton-itis so you could just have that six sheets as extra cap room.
If he wasn't so injury prone it wouldn't be a bad contract until several years down the road, but alas he is injury prone. Girard is great at avoiding punishment despite his size, kind of reminds me of Russell Wilson.
I mean, sure, he's got the money, but in their hearts, no player ever want to be completely out of the Show, staying in the Show, VIP for life, is more than just about the money.
Case in point, Jim Benning, as a player he sucked, but he stayed in the Show as an amateur scout, he hung around, and now he's a GM, that's how you parley.