Quoting: LAkingsfan77777
No you just overvalue your players it's honestly crazyyyyy how much you do that. a 50 pt player is not a 8 Mil player. and I guaranteed your wrong about Nemec. he most likely won't be as good as them.
and yet again he isn't a 1st line D man. he's literally only there cuz Hamilton is out. and once again, you are giving so much value to a guy who has only played 31 games in the NHL. your not even being reasonable on him and mercer. you think a 19 yr old is like the best D in the world when he's not. teams pay UFAs what they think their worth and sometimes they are off which results in the fews guys you mentions.
your neglecting to mention good UFAs actually worth their contracts or better then what they paid.
FWD:
- Duchene
- Danault
- Zuccarello
- Giroux
- Trocheck
- Hyman
- Evander Kane
- Patrick Kane
- Marchment
- Burakovsky
- Verhaeghe
- O'Reilly
- Vatrano
Now I specifically brought these guys up because they are either on par with Mercer or just straight up better.
DEF
- Tanev
- Graves
- Zub
you got to look for these contracts. it's harder to find D cuz not many good ones going free agency.
the only reason why players like power and sanderson get those contracts is because their team is pretty much putting a wager on that player being worth that contract in the future. they seen glimpses of them and liked it enough for them to hand these contracts out. Nemec has only played 31 games so no team will throw 10 mil on him because there's no guarantee. if they miss and Nemec doesn't become anything then they need to live w a waste of 10 mil.
If I'm given Nemec 10 mil he needs to prove he's worth it. he's 31 games into his career I'm sure he'll become something but no one can say he'll be one of the best D in the league by the end of that 10 mil.
Another factor is that Nemec would need to prove he is worth 10 mil of a teams cap. if Nemec would ask for 10 mil no team in the league would give him it. especially when there is multiple better more secure options.
And yet again just because a player is an RFA doesn't mean they can't leave. They can demand a trade or just refuse to sign with the team.
finally, you proved your whole point wrong bringing up Power and Sanderson. RFAs sign big deals like this all the time BECAUSE THEY ARE WORTH THE MONEY or the team simply believes they will be before the contract is up. bridge deals are normally signed when either a player believes they will be worth more in a few years or if they need to be for a teams cap. using this logic I should expect to see on the offseason for 8 mil but the absolute most he'll get is 6.
again stop using established and proven NHL veteran's contracts as "proof" that Nemec is worth 10 on the open market. he simply isn't even near that and you need to come back down to reality. using your logic, Danault should be worth 8, duchene is worth like 11 mil, and Hyman would be worth something like 13-15mil on the market.
Please do the league a favour and never become a GM. you would literally destroy a franchise with your horrible contracts.
If you would take Tanev, Graves, and Zub over Nemec you need to give your head a shake.
Again, you do not seem to understand the distinction between RFA contracts, UFA contracts, and Player values. Since top flight superstars rarely reach UFA, you don't have an understanding of how much they make. (John Tavares, Artemi Panarin type contracts).
I am not suggesting NJD or any team offer nemec, an RFA, 10 million dollars.
NJD controls his rights and so will be able to have him on a discount because that's how RFAs work
I'm saying I'd rather have nemec at 10 million dollars for the next 8 years than the alternative being what you can buy in UFA
You think most UFA contracts are bad because you compare them to RFA contracts and trades, while ignoring that those players require a draft capital investment.
You again don't seem to understand player development.
Vatrano had significantly worse production than mercer and had by all accounts finished his development when he signed that deal.
O'Reilly again significantly worse production and looked to be on his way to the retirement home when he signed that deal
Kane had 1 hip, again looked on his way to the retirement home
Evander Kane isn't very good
The trocheck deal sucked for years before he finally got it together
Matt Duchene literally got bought out from his contract
Again, you look back at age, production, every factor at the time of these guys signing those contracts. I'd rather have 22 year old mercer than any of them.
"the only reason why players like power and sanderson get those contracts is because their team is pretty much putting a wager on that player being worth that contract in the future. they seen glimpses of them and liked it enough for them to hand these contracts out"
Those teams didn't just wager 8 mill AAV in cap space. They also gave up the opportunity cost they could have gotten by trading the 2.
Since whatever team acquiring nemec (would likely be a rebuilder like Chicago, Anaheim, CBJ, MTL, Buffalo) in this hypothetical UFA scenario would have to give up nothing in terms of opportunity cost or draft capital, they would pay more in salary.
Again, this happens every year in UFA where players go for much more money than they otherwise would