Indeed, the same could still happen with Subban, if he can get healthy.Īs for the worst contract’s in the NHL right now, here’s my list, updated to include a few players I overlooked last time around. These stars found sustained greatness in the past, so that knowledge and talent might push them back to the highest level of play once again.
If I had to place bets, I’d go with the very best players, the biggest risks, making good. How many of these contracts will turn out well for their teams in the final years of these deals? I haven’t studied that question, but I’ll guess about a third of the players will come through with more peak or near peak seasons.
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In those seasons, he’ll be 35, 36, 37 38, and 39, not exactly prime time for a pro hockey player. But San Jose hockey bosses have got to wonder if he’ll bounce back, hold steady at this new and lower level, or continue to drop off in the last five years of his deal.
But last season in the third year of his eight-year contract, he scored just 45 points in 70 games. His time-on-ice was down to jut 20:18 last season and his points per game also crashed.Īs for Burns, 35, when he signed in November 2017, he was coming off a monster season that saw him score 76 points in 82 games. San Jose rewarded him with a contract that will pay him $7 million per year, but just two years into that deal (which kicked in not until 2018-19), the shine has gone off Vlasic somewhat. He played 22 or 23 minutes per game, much of it against the toughest of opposition attackers. When Vlasic, 33, signed his new eight-year deal on July 1, 2017, he was widely seen as one of the NHL’s best defensive d-men and a solid enough puck mover to boot. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.