Byfuglien cashes in

[Eddie_Shack]

This has Sheldon Souray, Bryan McCabe, and Wade Redden written all over it.

 

[loki604]

If you look at it from the perspective that Atlanta is always going to have to overpay it isn't THAT bad.

But always risky to take a chance on a guy with one great season under his belt.

 

[Automattic]

If you look at it from the perspective that Atlanta is always going to have to overpay it isn't THAT bad.

But always risky to take a chance on a guy with one great season under his belt.

Two seasons? I guess it depends on how you look at last year.

 

[pixburgher66]

Two seasons? I guess it depends on how you look at last year.

He's still got some proving to do IMO, at least from the consistency standpoint.

 

[Automattic]

He's still got some proving to do IMO, at least from the consistency standpoint.

Probably. He could turn out to be a playoff monster, but how often will he get that chance?


Yeah, too much money at this standpoint.

 

[Comeds]

If you look at it from the perspective that Atlanta is always going to have to overpay it isn't THAT bad.

But always risky to take a chance on a guy with one great season under his belt.

That's pretty much how I feel.

Due to him making 3 million on his last contract his salary wasn't going to go down. You rarely hear players say "my last contract was pretty stupid so even though I am a much better player than that now I do not deserve too much of a raise". Would the deal have gotten done for 4 or 4.5? I dont know, maybe the Atlanta factor knocked it up more.