Well Tyler Tucker is also only 23. He isn't much of a point producer but he's 23 and Bouchard is 24 so he's more valuable. Do you see where the logic is convoluted? Age rarely has nothing to do with value. Years of control of comparable players sure. But Bouchard being 24 doesn't mean he's all of a sudden going to turn a corner and be someone who can be trusted in his own zone. He wasn't that in Juniors and he isn't that now.

Why is Parayko one of the worst contracts in the league? I find it hard to even consider putting Parayko up there when you can look internally at Nurse who is making 3m more per year. Hell the Oilers have at least 3 contracts I'd firmly rather have Paraykos than. Can probably count one more in regards to Bouchard because of how much of a mess he is defensively.

There are no guarantees that players will develop from year to year. Yeah there's a possibility for sure but there are very few organizations where I think it's close to a guarantee a guy will develop year to year and those are generally the teams you see continually in the playoffs in competition, not doing complete turnovers every 10-15 years to try and get a franchise player through the draft

Age has everything to do with value what r u talking about haha I lost brain cells reading that comment

Parayko is gonna be getting 6.5 at 38 it’s a brutal contract and Bouchard holds way more value because he is younger lmao this comment is a big L

Why does Conor Bedard hold more value than a player like Austin matthews because he is significantly younger kinda like Bouchard compared to parayko lmao

I feel a least a first for Parayko is fair
I also feel that binner should at least get a decent return, he’s been very good this year and most of his career
Maybe not a first but close to it at least

Dude. Just admit you have no idea what you're on about. Good grief.

100% parayko is worth a first maybe a prospect aswell

Bedard does not hold more value than Matthews 💀💀😭😭

Bruh. You clearly have not the foggiest clue what you're on about. Stop pretending already.

Ow so he's been consistent since singing that contract? Hasn't been a problem at all? Lol

Bedard easily holds more value than matthews Hahha matthews is gonna be massively overpaid next year.

hawks get a guaranteed 7 more years of Bedard and will probably get him at better cap hit then 13 million

You would be delusional to think otherwise Hahha parayko contract is horrendous give ur head a shake

DId I say that? But you guys never watch the Blues play and talk like experts when you really have no idea.

And FYI Binnington has had one terrible performance season, and that was 21-22... and even then, he ended it hot and was the best goalie going in the playoffs when he got run over by Kadri.

Again: You have zero clue what you're on about. None. You don't watch the guy play, you just repeat the popular nonsense. It's beyond obvious.

One is one of the best in the league
The other hasn’t even played 25 games yet

bro this oiler dude took this acgm hella serious lol

Numbers don’t lie Hahha and I know he’s a shutdown defensemen with a little bit of offensive game I know exactly what I’m talking about he’s gonna be getting 6.5M at 38 and that’s absolutely horrendous which makes his contract terrible because of the term

Do you know who Conor Bedard is ?

Little bit to serious haha

always entertaining watching mokumboi defend his land

You’re comparing franchise centers on one side. Bedard possibly does due to his years of team control. Not because he’s 18. Years of team control bring AAVs down due to arb seasons.

Parayko and Bouchard are not apples to apples. One is a shutdown d man who has average offensive skills. One is a high end offensive d man who has size but virtually no defensive skills.

Age isn’t a value. It’s relative to a teams window and it’s mainly about what player x provides at cap hit x.

Yes but lets be serious here, Whiles hes an Amazing prospect and will have more value than matthews very quickly
He still has less than 25 games.
Thats like saying after 2 games in 2015 that Mcdavid had more value than crosby

Who’s better crosby or Stuzle I would say crosby but Stuzle holds more value cause he’s significantly younger so yes age does matter when it comes to value

Bedard has so far lived up to the hype he easily holds more value then matthews in fact he would probably put up more points than matthews if he played on the leafs with players like nylander and marner who compliment matthews game

Oh, you're a fortune teller? Is that you Ms. Cleo?