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alta:
I seem to recall someone hating that Carlson contract from day one, and getting called names for it

DC_1908:

--- Quote from: alta on Sunday April 28, 2019, 02:02:31 AM Eastern ---I seem to recall someone hating that Carlson contract from day one, and getting called names for it

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Carlson is tied for second for highest salary amount Dmen. He’s making the same as Bret Burns, Hedman, Suter, Karlsomo, D-Buff, Doughty, Ekblad and Weber. Add to that, he plays with a player who is typically amount the league leaders in goals, and on the PP that with said player who also is typically the league leader in PP goals.

To Macao’s point, he’s the best D we have, but his padded stats ain’t worth 8mil or being mentioned with above names.

zerofox:

--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Sunday April 28, 2019, 10:57:55 AM Eastern ---Carlson is tied for second for highest salary amount Dmen. He’s making the same as Bret Burns, Hedman, Suter, Karlsomo, D-Buff, Doughty, Ekblad and Weber. Add to that, he plays with a player who is typically amount the league leaders in goals, and on the PP that with said player who also is typically the league leader in PP goals.

To Macao’s point, he’s the best D we have, but his padded stats ain’t worth 8mil or being mentioned with above names.

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I agree. I like Carlson to the extent that he's our "best defensemen" and I like him to the extent that he puts up points, logs minutes, and I like him to the extent that getting rid of him would create a large hole that isn't easy or cheap to fix.

But he's absolutely not worth that price. I'd put him at maybe $6-6.5 million MAX. He's absolutely not worthy of being mentioned with the names above, and he's not worthy of being mentioned as a Norris candidate. He's a guy who we need unless there's a clearly better/cheaper option available, but his contract will handcuff us for a while, ESPECIALLY when we end up paying $8 million a year for his early-mid 30s. Granted, not nearly as bad as the Laich or Erat or even Orpik at $5 million contracts, but we definitely overpaid.

But he's ours for the time being. So here's hoping that he'll actually get better, or at the very fucking least feel like $8 million a year is enough money to bother learning how to feed Ovi on the PP properly...

alta:
after watching Carlson extream lack of physicality against the Canes, I hope he breaks something that ends his career. It's the best possible outcome for both parties, Dylan and management

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