Quoting: awatt
He plays for the Ducks who barely score 2 goals a game when they win. He isn't going to produce 65 points plus per season when the rest of his team isn't playing offense.
Put him with Gaudreau, he clips 70 plus points with ease. When the ducks made the WCF in 17, he had 73 points.
Is he a rental? Absolutely but if he gets to be the 2C, he can do a lot of damage by not having as tough matchups and CGY would have 2 strong lines.
no just no.
There are a lot of guys who are popping off more than 40 points a year with little help.
The problem isn't everyone else around him. It's that he's 35 years old trying to keep up with some 22 year old kids on the ice.
This is why these old ass players keep getting weeded out.
There are very few players in the league above 34 that are actually productive. Some recently turned 34.
Here is the whole list of guys 34 and above.
https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/active/2020/points&limits=age-34-46
Only 2 even close to being a PPG player are OV and Bergy.
You got 3 above .7 ppg. And then a whole lot of salary for rapidly declining players.
Meanwhile, you are gonna tell me he's worth 8 mil a year? Hell no he's not.
He's slotted right there with a slew of people who are in rapid decline.
He's not the player he use to be. That's not because of everyone else around him. It's because he's 35 freaking years old.
You look at that whole list of 35+ and you see how sad the lot are. That's his future because it's already the now.
Why the hell would anyone give up that much for him.
They wouldn't. He's not worth nearly what they are asking here.
A 2nd. That's what he's probably worth. At trade deadline with ANA retaining cap.