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Originally Posted by Phila26Flyers
First off, I like Lucic, but $6 million is too much. Here are a few other players with a similar cap hit the next couple years.
Patrick Kane - $6.3 million
Jonathan Toews - $6.3
Sedin bros - $6.1 million
John Tavares - $5.5 million
Henrik Zetterberg - $6.1 million
Erik Karlsson - $6.5 million
Ryan Miller - $6.25 million
Sorry, but all of those guys are not barely worth more than Lucic. The Bruins overpaid him, and better hope the cap doesn't plummet when the lockout ends. |
There are more of "those types" of players in the league than there are like Lucic. He's a good player, and can bring an entirely different element that none of the players you listed can match. In a game turning as p*ssy as the NHL is, guys like Lucic are more of a commodity now than ever.
The Bruins overpaid for him, but not as significantly as some of you are making it out to be. It's not like he's a 3 million dollar player who just doubled his salary. He (in today's game) is likely in the 4.5 to 5 million dollar range. To get him locked up at 6 is a lot, but it's not ridiculous. And certainly not as ridiculous as the numbers he would have seen if he was a UFA.