Are you insane Rummy, in a world where Clarkson gets 5.25 mill over 7 years you think the Sedins are only worth 5 mill over three?Rumsfeld wrote:Oh and as for the twins' new deal, three years, 5 mil per.
Of course they could get more, but a discount in year one might be an overpayment in year three. They say they want to win here, they have shitloads of money... prove it. Don't handcuff the team to players who don't deliver when it matters most.
The twins are still fantastic talents but the team needs a culture change and we can't do that if we're paying them first-line dollars in 2017. Next year I wouldn't be surprised if they're second-liners behind Kesler and whatever high-end winger we manage to land.
Hopefully Torts tells these guys to shoot the damn puck. This team needs a sniper soooo badly.
This is only one example of many, if we only look at a couple of recent deals signed in the Western Conference comparables could be Getzlaf and Perry in Anaheim signed for North of 8 mil per for 7 years each.
Yes, they are 5 years younger but those contracts will take both to the age of 35.
If we get the Sedins until they are 35/36 for anything less than 7 it will be a huge discount and well worth it.
I would go so far as to say that in 5 years when Getzlaf and Perry are the twins age now, if the Sedins are still in the League, they will be outplaying the Anaheim pair!