This contract was a bad idea the moment it was signed.
After being a role player for most of his career, Beleskey had a breakout season in a contract year that saw him score 22 goals in only 65 games. Chalk this one up to the risk that comes with free agency and the price you have to pay to get your player. In the summer of 2007, the Rangers paid $51 million over seven years to snag one of the league's best playmakers from their archrivals, the New Jersey Devils.
Stay the night Sergachev is a projected major first rounder in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. They gave him a nine-year, $41.8 million contract, and almost immediately Bryzgalov's career tanked and he was bought just two years later. He also collected assists on power-play goals by Ondrej Palat and Alex Killorn, giving him a three-point night that put an emphatic end to his six-game scoreless streak. Leino had one decent season in the NHL before the Sabres gave him a six-year, $27 million contract, hoping he would become a consistent top-line player.
Mikhail Sergachev: Extension talks with Lightning on hold due to pandemic
Mikhail Sergachev.
Plays with a poise and confidence that facilitates his creativity with the puck as well as split-second decision making.
In the hopes of getting the missing piece for their Stanley Cup puzzle, they are willing to pay whatever they have to for their player of choice. The league overruled that, and Gratton ended up going to Philadelphia with Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis going back to Tampa Bay as compensation. Horton was one of the better power forwards in the NHL but struggled to stay healthy.
The Blue Jackets still rolled the dice on the 28-year-old winger and signed him to a seven-year, $37.1 million contract. He ended up scoring 10 goals in 137 games with the Sabres over three seasons before his contract was bought out. Trouble is he was an all-or-nothing defender in the sense he did not really offer much defensively and never really became the player the Oilers hoped.
"The Lightning's salary-cap situation is particularly interesting as they have more than $76M committed to just 15 players for next season already, and a leveled-off cap won’t be enough to re-sign Sergachev and their other restricted free agents and fill out the rest of their roster.
He played only two mostly forgettable years for the Panthers.
Team Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev is set to be one of the more intriguing restricted free agents this offseason.
His five-year, $27 million contract was bought out by the Oilers after four years.
Accordingly, it appears the Lightning will have to move some players out before next season, and they may want to wait until the offseason to make those decisions.Wisconsin lieutenant governor says state does not need a visit from President TrumpCities where buying organic food will give you sticker shock