lol this White thing is starting to make me think about when I had to defend the player I disliked the most, Colin Greening. I don't even like White. I prefer Tkachuk, Duclair, Connor Brown, Batherson, Balcers, Chlapik, Logan Brown, even Nick Paul and soon many others.
It's again in every thread.
These numbers
blown my mind when I think back to how excited everyone was to give White $4.75... on what planet can someone be thrilled about $4.75 for White but not willing to give Brown, Duclair, or CT more.
White was not paid for what he did in 2019-20, but for what he did in 2018-19 and "most likely" going forward.
His average salary for these 2 years (because Cap Hit really doesn't matter for Ottawa) has been 2 462 500$ per season (0.925 + 4.0)
He has produced 21 Goals 43 Assists in 132 GP (average of 13 Goals, 27 Assists, 40 Points per 82 games)
There is absolutely nothing to cry about. If the trend continues and he can't bounce back to what he did in 2018-19, then yes. His salary in 2020-21 (4.0) will be lower than his cap hit (4.75) again, so the Sens would like to see him bounce back at least partially but start reaching his peak by 2022
It really isn't worth an unhealthy obssession.
I'm not stating these facts for you as I know you're too smart for them. Just laying that for everybody else to see.
His contact pushes into $5+ and $6+ ranges .Duc had 23 goals in limited games and most here want him paid sub $4.5... White’s game would have to evolve into something where he was hard to play against, driving play, and getting 50+ Pts a year to be a “massive steal”. Pageau makes $5 million and is good full value for that contract. White’s game would have to be wayyyy better than Pageau to justify getting upward of $6.25 to be a steal.
Of all the comparisons of player we could have kept ... we’re paying white $1.5 million less than what Pager signed for. I’d gamble on Pagers production over the next 5 years vs Whites.
White gets paid 6.25 in his last contract year but BELOW 5.0 in the other 5 seasons. I think we're at least smart enough to load up a Cap Friendly page.
The 6.25 is to to make up for the first 2 years being "only" 4.0