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This seems like a terrrrrrrible contract. While I see Caps fans points that some other GM would be dumb enough to overpay for a power forward at 30, can GM's not see that power forwards don't age well.
Dude is an absolute beast and intimidating as heck. But he has cracked 50 points once in his entire career. Many will point out, but thats because he has played shorter seasons, but thats the point. Between injuries and suspensions he is missing games nearly every season. He's already had an ACL repair. This contract doesn't even start for another year. So sure if he can stay health enough to play enough games and keep up with his style of play and put up 20-25 goals and 55 points for those years while physically dominating the opposition it is a solid deal.
But does anyone really think that is likely? I for one would be surprised if he is more than a third liner who can hit by about 3-4 years from now. Plus he has to play big seasons.
This has Lucic/Clarkson/etc written allllll over it.