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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>evelutions2</b></div><div>If we are adding some advanced statistics into this, KK shouldn’t be on this list. If I remember correctly, his points per 60 was one of the league’s best, and was better than was one of the leagues best forwards, one Nathan Mackinnon. The 6.1 from last year, was bad, but that was only to get him away from MTL. Not to mention, he was on pace to put up career highs in points playing in a much diminished role than he did in MTL. But I guess this year will be the make it or break it year, especially with KK having the opportunity to play as the 2C with better linemates than Lorentz and Martinook, who aren’t exactly known for their offense.

As for Nuke, I was predicting he was going to get 7mil, so my bet is that his contract will be a steal. I also am a big Grubauer defender, and given that it was the Kraken’s first year, I don’t think it’s fair yet to call Grubauer one of the worst contracts. He didn’t have a good year, but that could also be chalked up to new team and new teammates. It would be more fair to judge him on this year as there would be more familiarity with the rest of his team and coach, and my guess is that he will turn out like Markstrom did in his second year with Calgary, because for those who have forgotten, Markstrom was terrible his first year with Calgary. But that is for time to tell I guess.</div></div>

I believe that KK's term is way too long for what he's accomplished. He also played with Aho and Teuvo or Trocheck &amp; Teuvo for the first 20-25 games of the season, and he played a fair share of games with Necas as well, so i'm not really buying into the Lorentz and Martinook argument. It's not like he was dumped on the 3rd line from the get go. In fact, only on 4 of his 12 goals last season was he primarily assisted by a bottom 6 forward, while the other 8 goals were assisted by defensemen or top 6 forwards. As for KK's assists, only 3 out of his 7 primary assists were to someone who'd be classified as a bottom 6 forward. So again, not like he was scraping the bottom of the barrel all season long.

Grubauer was horrible. If you like advanced stats, go look up his WAR and his Goals saved above expected. Even Arizona's goalie Vejmelka was better with close to the same amount of games played. I get that it was a new team but a lot of goalies transitions to new teams without stinking up the joint like he has.