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This is a long but VERY GOOD article.....I will paste some of the highlites then the link to the story. PLEASE take the time to read it, it's worth the read...
This is the week expectations begin to soar around the NHL. The free agent market opens Sunday, and teams will add the superstars and role players they believe will vault them toward the Stanley Cup.
The league’s swap meet has become a must-see event. It’s even a national holiday in Canada. OK, so The True North has been celebrating its birth longer than pucks have been finding nets, but it’s still the day when hockey fans would rather watch transaction wires than pyrotechnics......
...The Buffalo News, in an effort to determine players’ immediate impact on a new team, has analyzed the offensive output of all 251 skaters who have signed a multiyear contract with a new team since 2006-07.
From wallet-busting contracts – such as Zdeno Chara’s $37.5 million deal with Boston in 2006, Marian Hossa’s $63 million contact with Chicago in 2009 and Ville Leino’s $27 million deal with Buffalo last summer – to pacts that don’t even raise an eyebrow – Joe Motzko’s two-year, undisclosed deal with Washington in 2007 and Clay Wilson’s two-year, $1 million contract with Florida in 2010 – every player who signed his name with a new club for longer than one season was included.
(The only exceptions were Doug Weight in 2006 and Olli Jokinen and Joe Corvo in 2010. They played for a team, got traded during the season, then re-signed with their former organization.)
The results showed the thing likely to go up was the players’ bank account balance. Their on-ice numbers – in terms of average points per game – went down.
Of the 251 signings, only 20.72 percent of the players increased their offensive production per game from the previous season. Meanwhile, 47.41 percent of the players had their numbers decrease with the new team, often dramatically. The production stayed the same for 31.87 percent of the players, with a range of 0.05 points per game equaling status quo.
The complete story, it's worth the time....Wheeling and dealing failing to pay off - Sabres & NHL - The Buffalo News
This is the week expectations begin to soar around the NHL. The free agent market opens Sunday, and teams will add the superstars and role players they believe will vault them toward the Stanley Cup.
The league’s swap meet has become a must-see event. It’s even a national holiday in Canada. OK, so The True North has been celebrating its birth longer than pucks have been finding nets, but it’s still the day when hockey fans would rather watch transaction wires than pyrotechnics......
...The Buffalo News, in an effort to determine players’ immediate impact on a new team, has analyzed the offensive output of all 251 skaters who have signed a multiyear contract with a new team since 2006-07.
From wallet-busting contracts – such as Zdeno Chara’s $37.5 million deal with Boston in 2006, Marian Hossa’s $63 million contact with Chicago in 2009 and Ville Leino’s $27 million deal with Buffalo last summer – to pacts that don’t even raise an eyebrow – Joe Motzko’s two-year, undisclosed deal with Washington in 2007 and Clay Wilson’s two-year, $1 million contract with Florida in 2010 – every player who signed his name with a new club for longer than one season was included.
(The only exceptions were Doug Weight in 2006 and Olli Jokinen and Joe Corvo in 2010. They played for a team, got traded during the season, then re-signed with their former organization.)
The results showed the thing likely to go up was the players’ bank account balance. Their on-ice numbers – in terms of average points per game – went down.
Of the 251 signings, only 20.72 percent of the players increased their offensive production per game from the previous season. Meanwhile, 47.41 percent of the players had their numbers decrease with the new team, often dramatically. The production stayed the same for 31.87 percent of the players, with a range of 0.05 points per game equaling status quo.
The complete story, it's worth the time....Wheeling and dealing failing to pay off - Sabres & NHL - The Buffalo News
