Signed an 8 year $58 million today.Is it true Letang turned down 8 years and $56 million? Shero will move him if that is the case.
Fine with this. I feel like Shero would have helped his team out more with whatever package he would have gotten in return for Letang than having $7.25 mil a year in cap space tied up there for 8 years.Signed an 8 year $58 million today.
He's only 26, he's one of the 2-3 best offensive defensemen in the league(Tied Subban for points lead this year despite playing 7 fewer games) and he's only getting better at both ends. The only scary part is can he stay healthy. He's missed time the last two seasons, but it's not like it's something chronic. Just random shit so it shouldn't be too terrifying.Fine with this. I feel like Shero would have helped his team out more with whatever package he would have gotten in return for Letang than having $7.25 mil a year in cap space tied up there for 8 years.
The thing with Letang is...he's very good, but I don't think he's "that" good as his numbers would suggest. I do think the health issues would have given me more pause to ink him to an 8 year deal. Obviously he's a guy you would want to keep (or get a healthy package back in exchange for), but it's a lot of money tied up in a small number of players going forward. Guess we'll see how it pans out. As a division rival again, I think it's the lesser of 2 evils to Shero mindfucking some other GM into giving him a ridiculous package of prospects and picks that he'd turn into the type of cost controlled help to put around Sid/Geno/Neal.He's only 26, he's one of the 2-3 best offensive defensemen in the league(Tied Subban for points lead this year despite playing 7 fewer games) and he's only getting better at both ends. The only scary part is can he stay healthy. He's missed time the last two seasons, but it's not like it's something chronic. Just random shit so it shouldn't be too terrifying.
He was 10th in the league for points per game, Subban was next highest D-man at 39th. Basically they weren't gonna get someone ready to step in to the system like him, and they're kind of locked in to WIN NOW mode. If not for that Shero would have probably dealt him for a bunch of prospects and picks, which would be better in the long run.