The Five Best Free Agent Signings of the Salary Cap ERA: MLarkinHockey's list includes two Hall of Famers, one shoo-in Hall of Famer and possibly two other future Hall of Famers.
I was talking to the GM of an NHL team a few years back. Free agency was weeks away, and his team happened to have a ton of cap space.Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
He was right…to a point. In free agency, especially until the past couple seasons, teams tend to pay players for what they’veduring their decline years. The system is flawed. Almost every major UFA is past his peak or nearing its end by the time he reaches his open-market years. So it is, indeed, hard to win big on a fat UFA contract.That said, it’s more common than the aforementioned GM would have us believe. We’ve seen a few home-run signings during the salary-cap era.
We knew ‘The Bread Man’ was a great hockey player by summer 2019. He was already a Calder Trophy winner and Second-Team All-Star as a Chicago Blackhawk. In two seasons leading up to his walk year, he’d averaged better than a point per game despite playing on some defensive-minded Columbus Blue Jacket teams. But the New York Rangers paid Panarin true superstar money, and he’s somehow managed to exceed expectations in his first three seasons with them.
Even after he finished his four-year deal and re-upped for one final NHL season in 2009-10, Niedermayer was still playing 26:30 a night and winning Olympic gold again. All the man could do was win.Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
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