I feel like that 25% retained helped the ullmark trade. I think Boston wanted a 1st and a goalie to place as backup to swayman. And like u said only a handful of teams really needed goaltending. And if Detroit tried the same trade Boston would get husso. I think ullmarks cap hit will be pretty high going forward as well. Probably played a part
As a bruins fan I'm torn cause we need a 1st but also taking on 3 years of korpisalo at 3 aav is brutal. If you can't flip him it's bad. Kalestic is a big body mean bottom six center but he's not a game changer. Just shows how little organizational value goalies carry
@@Kenny_D27 it is possible that he bounces back with a better bruins team. And that swayman is there starting helps. If Korp bounces back to alil above average. It wouldn’t be too hard to move him.
That and unfortunately Gallagher... Love the guy and he is still trying and I always hope he can continue. But 6m a season for another what is it 4 years ? Ouch
Scott Darling, I'd argue, is even worse. He got a 4 year deal to be the starter, and got ousted by a 35 year old Cam Ward one year, and then 36 year old Curtis McElhinney for the back up spot the next year, who was even picked up on waivers. Then they traded him to Florida to be bought out and retire.
@@Capain_D00dle Chicago has a habit of keeping an AHL goalie on the roster for too long. When they gave up on him, I was surprised anyone else would pick up a career backup.
Fun Fact: Louie Eriksson's first goal for the Canucks was an own goal in his regular season debut... just to foreshadow how poorly his time in Vancouver would go
1:48 Torey Mitchell was a legend in San Jose. They had a promotion where if they scored in the last two minutes of the second period everyone in attendance got two free tacos from Jack in the Box. For whatever reason, he had a knack for scoring those goals and nobody else did to the point where he got the nickname "Taco Torrey."
Karl Alzner in 2017 has age like milk...i still think it's worst than Marleau since it gave nothing to Montréal and even stop them to sign any other defensemen that year...
Good ol' Chuckie 2 trades still hurting 2 different franchises. Both Flyers and Wild are still dealing with his signings and trades and the repercussions of those many years later
We were 1 year away from having move on from the contract completely but Benning decided to trade for OEL and now we are on the hook for it until 2031.
@@boomy1405 2018 was horrible too. We signed both Beagle and Roussel to $3 million x 4 years. All these are horrible signings that hampers the team's ability to contend.
I know enough about both Boston and Ottawa to confidently predict that because of this trade, Kastelic will blossom into a legit 2C, Korpisalo will outperform Swayman and Ullmark will slip on some dog poo outside the Canadian Tire Center, rendering him out for the season after only 6 games.
On the open market, Myers is expected to get around 3.5-4 mil a year. Say what you will about his play, hes always played 20 min or more regardless of team or coach. I believe he also had the second or third most points for pending RHD UFAs.
And what Ken Holland was doing made you feel what? Happy ? Since 2002 we've been lucky and I mean insanely lucky how Zet and Pav dragged us through so sketchy years, but outside of those 2 we haven't done anything since the salary cap started. I rather be patient and see what he has planned
Blues fan, I loved Walman and was bummed when we traded him to you guys.What are your thoughts on the trade yesterday? I admittedly don't watch much red wings hockey outside of game highlights, but did he decline that much for you guys? I am surprised he was traded
@@theramplocal we're all wondering what Yzerman has planned because as it stands now that trade was insane lol especially since technically NHL got rid of future consideration trades . We have no idea what is going on 🤣
@@theramplocal our coach stretched him down the stretch for whatever reason, I thought he was our 2 or 3rd best D man last year. He was great w Seider on the first line and had a solid contract. Idk why we did that trade honestly, we have way worse contracts
Honorable mention to Richard Panik's deal with the Caps in 2019 Also I would say that you're a little harsh on Copp. Is the deal great? No. Is it better than someone like Jack Campbell? Absolutely.
There's Bergevin albatross pairing: Gallagher and Anderson for 2021-22 onward at a cap hit of $6.5M and $5.5M/year each. Their contracts don't end until end of 2026-27 season. Think they got no more than another season with the Habs as their combined cap hit of $12M a season is weighing down the team.
Bruins fan here. I think the devils were the best trade partner for ulmark and as soon as they signed markstrom ulmark's trade value was significantly reduced
From an isles fan, It’s gotta be the ladd contract from 2016. If isles never sign him, we wouldn’t have had 5.5 mil in essentially dead cap during the 2020 and 2021 ecf runs. We could’ve had a real contributor in the lineup. Even if we didn’t use that money on another ufa, we would’ve had enough money to resign Devon Toews. Only reason I say it’s worse than Louie’s is bc that deal only kept the nucks from competing for a playoff spot. For the isles, it not only kept them from getting over the Tampa hump, but it also shrank their contention window with having to give up a young all star level defenseman for next to nothing (we got the jj moser draft pick which was flipped a year later in the Ladd cap dump).
Its very strange it didn’t work out for Louie Eriksson in Vancouver… Before that he was a proven 20-30 goals per season guy and he had AMAZING chemistry with the Sedins in the Swedish national team when they played together.
There's the ones where the team pays a player based on what they've done and then it doesn't continue. And then there's ones where it's obvious from the day they signed the deal it was a stupid enormous disaster.
Most of the contracts I can agree. I would have said Milan Lucic instead of Louie Eriksson, but when we have the most infamous free agency class, there are so many arguments. But I disagree with 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Patrick Marleau was good for the Leafs. Sure he was getting old and was past his prime, but still. To have Patrick Marleau??!! It is awesome. Even if he did nothing, it is still great to have him. The worst contract of 2017 was Karl Alzner. A 5 year, $4M per year for a 3rd pairing defenseman who does the bare minimum? It was terrible as soon as it was announced, and it got worse from there. He got sent to the minors 2 years into the contract, and was bought out the next year. He hasn't played since. Tyler Myers wasn't that bad with the Canucks. To me, the worst contract of 2019 was Brandon Tanev. 6 years, $3.5 million for a 4th liner. Sure, he did decent with the Penguins and the Kraken, but still. That is a contract given to Top 6 guys, not a bottom sixer. Philip Grubauer, I can understand. He sucked in the regular season, but his saving grace was his playoff performance with the Kraken, winning half of the games he played, a save percentage of over .900, and he was good enough to give the Seattle Kraken their first ever Stanley Cup series win, and to also push the series against Dallas to 7. I don't care if he was bought out, Barclay Goodrow's signing is still the worst, not only of 2021, but the worst contract in Rangers history. Trading for him was not bad. I was happy we got him. But I was pissed about the gross overpayment. Just like Brandon Tanev, you don't pay $3.6 million per year for 6 years to a 4th liner. It was terrible when it was announced. To be fair, he played his best hockey in the first 2 years, scoring over 30 points and at least 10 goals. It's good, but the only way this contract would be a winner is it the first 2 years happened throughout the rest of the contract. But this past season was his worst as he only scored 4 goals, 8 assists, and 12 points. Even with his shockingly god performance in the playoffs (6 goals, 2 assists, and 8 points, 2ND IN GOAL SCORING!), it was time for him to go. Even if he did well, he was the main reason why we had to let players like Frank Vatrano, Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, and others go, because we couldn't afford them thanks to Goodrow. That contract should have gone to Pavel Buchnevich, you know, A TOP 6 WINGER THE RANGERS DESPERATELY NEEDED EVER SINCE HE LEFT??!!! Thank god the Sharks took Goodrow from us. Now we have the cap space needed to keep Ryan Lindgren and Braden Schneider. And it is more helpful since Igor, Lafreniere, and Miller need contracts as well. Even though I will miss Goodrow, getting rid of him was the right move. As for 2023, I can agree that Justin Holl's contract is bad. He was barely around and he, along with Jeff Petry, Ben Chiarot, and Ollie Maata were terrible on the blue line, and if it wasn't for Moritz Seider and Jake Walman (who shouldn't have been traded, especially for FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS!!), the Red Wings would have the worst defense this season. While Holl's is bad, to me, the worst contract is Pierre Engvall. If the Tanev and Goodrow signings are problematic, then Engvall's contract is as well. But it is even worse when Engvall is signed $3 million for 7 YEARS!! 7 years for a 4th liner. I was watching Free Agency last year, and as soon as that signing was announced, I was laughing so hard (because it's the Islanders). I still find it funny, even to this day.
As a sens fan I was hyped to hear we moved that awful contract but I can’t help but have a bit of tarasenko ptsd with the ntc ullmark has. Hopefully we can resign him without having to overpay too much.
That Torey Krug contract is so bad. The and the fact Krug is being so just unfriendly about his wanting to be traded, etc. Dudes very unliked. Yeah he had a decent season this past year for the Blues but he was still so bad.
As a jets fan idk if our recent contract to Dylan Demelo is worth it, 4 years at over 4 mil a year for a 31 year old who’s not even our second best defencemen imo (Neal Pionk) I just feel like it’s an over pay when we could get somebody at his level of play in free agency for about 3mil
Staios patience on making moves paid off big time cant believe they shed that Korpi contract for 25th overall and the got a major upgrade in net. Staios cooked here even with Ullmark's numbers naturally regressing behind the Sens dcore to a .905-.910 its still so much better than Korpi
Marleau wasn't worth his contract when he played, never mind giving Carolina a first for taking him in his third year, Shanahan screwed up big time by hiring Babcock. Marleau was the spy in the dressing room for Babcock, the reason that Babcock wanted Marleau on the team.
As a Bruins fan the Ullmark trade is a real head scratcher for me. The whole point of moving on from Ullmark was to free up cap space, and you are only freeing up 2 million, 1 million including Kastelic
Sekera is a bad pick. He was actually good till he had 2 really bad injuries and never became the same again. If Draisaitl sings for 14m over 8 tomorrow, scores another 100 next season when someone takes out his knee and he`s done, is it a bad signing then or bad luck?
The Marleau signing wasn’t bad. The leafs just weren’t responsible with managing their cap. Signing a player to just a 3 yr deal shouldn’t be a problem but of course the leafs made it into one.
It wasn't that bad... but close to that (stat wise). As for how it is with Ulmark as the starter... probably mid-league level. But Ottawa doesn't really need stellar goal tending, it needs good consistent goal tending.
The term was the killer on that one. Based on his previous stats the AAV was in line, but then he didn't produce and there was no escape from that length.
Serkera was just unfortunate with injury but with LTIR it wasn’t the worst signing of 2016… the worst signing of 2016 was also the Oiler in Milan Lucic $6 million 7 years had one good season then fell off a cliff to single digits scoring couldn’t even put him LTIR…
As a bruins fan, I loved the connection ulmark and sway had. I will miss that tandem and wish nothing but the best for him. But I feel like we didn’t get enough for him as a reigning vezina winner
Sekera doesn't really deserve to be on the list since he played well until the injuries when you sign a guy into his late 30's there's always that risk one wrong injury and that's it no matter who you are and a torn acl for a defensman is about as brutal as it gets
So imo I dont think Ottawa needs to fix their goalie situation. What they should be doing is fixing their gosh darn defense. I say this as A Leafs fan but PLEASE OTTAWA MAKE THE BATTLE OF ONTARIO MEAN SOMETHING AGAIN!
2023 worst contract had to be my team giving Ryan Graves 4.5 for 6 years he played like shit the first year hopefully a bounce back this year but i do not believe
You have no idea what your talking about sekera was our best defenseman for a couple years and he got hurt. Him getting hurt doeosnt make it anywhere near the worst free agent signing that year.
I was supporter of Holl when in played for the Leafs. But in his last year as a Leaf....he hit the wall, his skating had declined. I was surprised the Wings pro scouting didn't notice and gave Holl that three year contract.
The Senators won the Ullmark trade for sure, as you say even if he leaves after a year there's no bad contractor for Korpasalo left on the books to be brough out down the line. That sort of money would have been on the books for years so really happy that we got out from under that. The only thing that I would add though is if Ullmark goes after a year then Brady requests a trade for sure. There is no way that he can invest further years with a franchise that cant compete to keep the best players in the league.
I think you have to be cautiously optimistic about Ullmark, his Vezina season is more an outlier than a benchmark of his play. Part of why Ullmark and Swayman worked so well as a tandem is that they're both streaky goalies with a high upside; again outside of the Vezina year his numbers are good-not-great on a Bruins team that didn't ignore its defense. I like Ullmark a lot but this coming season is more a test than a certainty, I'd say.
@@puckstopper25 I totally understand mate but seriously our goalie tandem last season was subpar at best! We got the Kopasalo money off the books in the main and received a better goaltender in return. Sad to see Mark Kastelic leave though as in the faceoff dot he was up there with the best, was too inconsistent though.
I had a feeling you’d make a stab at the Grubauer contract. Sadly a lot of hockey media just read stat sheets and don’t actuallly watch a ton of games. I get it’s hard, but man especially with goaltenders it’s impossible to get a good read from a stat sheet. I’d happily pay starting goaltender money to a goaltender that gets your team to the edge of the WCF in your second season and helps salvage an injury ridden season when your backup goalie becomes unplayable (almost gets you into the playoffs). The save % has more to do with the team than Gru, but again you’d need to actually watch the games to know that. Goodrow is by far the worst contract
(This video was supposed to come out yesterday) Thoughts on the Ullmark trade at the end of this video for those interested!
…ulmark take…finally
I feel like that 25% retained helped the ullmark trade. I think Boston wanted a 1st and a goalie to place as backup to swayman. And like u said only a handful of teams really needed goaltending. And if Detroit tried the same trade Boston would get husso. I think ullmarks cap hit will be pretty high going forward as well. Probably played a part
We need to see how the rest of the offseason goes to see what’s happening with that walman trade. That might be this years worst.
As a bruins fan I'm torn cause we need a 1st but also taking on 3 years of korpisalo at 3 aav is brutal. If you can't flip him it's bad. Kalestic is a big body mean bottom six center but he's not a game changer. Just shows how little organizational value goalies carry
@@Kenny_D27 it is possible that he bounces back with a better bruins team. And that swayman is there starting helps. If Korp bounces back to alil above average. It wouldn’t be too hard to move him.
As a Habs fan, I feel kinda disrespected that our massively garbage contract given to Karl Alzner didnt beat out Marleau, who did more than Alzner.
Alzner was pretty awful
That and unfortunately Gallagher... Love the guy and he is still trying and I always hope he can continue. But 6m a season for another what is it 4 years ? Ouch
Scott Darling, I'd argue, is even worse. He got a 4 year deal to be the starter, and got ousted by a 35 year old Cam Ward one year, and then 36 year old Curtis McElhinney for the back up spot the next year, who was even picked up on waivers. Then they traded him to Florida to be bought out and retire.
Aye.
@@Capain_D00dle Chicago has a habit of keeping an AHL goalie on the roster for too long. When they gave up on him, I was surprised anyone else would pick up a career backup.
Fun Fact: Louie Eriksson's first goal for the Canucks was an own goal in his regular season debut... just to foreshadow how poorly his time in Vancouver would go
1:48 Torey Mitchell was a legend in San Jose. They had a promotion where if they scored in the last two minutes of the second period everyone in attendance got two free tacos from Jack in the Box. For whatever reason, he had a knack for scoring those goals and nobody else did to the point where he got the nickname "Taco Torrey."
Dude was an absolute stud with San Jose
Karl Alzner in 2017 has age like milk...i still think it's worst than Marleau since it gave nothing to Montréal and even stop them to sign any other defensemen that year...
The Zach Parise and Ryan Suter contracts, one of the reasons there's a limit on term for a contract
Weren’t those two contracts signed before the lockout in 2012-13? Insult to injury.
They were 2012. Terrible deals, both of them
@@seanragsdale5636 Speaking of injury, I think combined they only played above about 70 games 1-2 seasons
Good ol' Chuckie 2 trades still hurting 2 different franchises. Both Flyers and Wild are still dealing with his signings and trades and the repercussions of those many years later
That and Dipietro
I'm always really surprised when Campbell's contract doesn't come up in "worst contract" videos just given that he is literally unusable.
Man I literally forgot about that one lol, to be honest that should be the pick over Copp.
The Loui Eriksson disaster still haunts me. So bad.
We were 1 year away from having move on from the contract completely but Benning decided to trade for OEL and now we are on the hook for it until 2031.
@@RLJ96 I was thinking it would be fun to do a video where he said the worst signing per team. we would have a lot to choose from
@@boomy1405 2018 was horrible too. We signed both Beagle and Roussel to $3 million x 4 years. All these are horrible signings that hampers the team's ability to contend.
@@RLJ96 yep :(
Same
I know enough about both Boston and Ottawa to confidently predict that because of this trade, Kastelic will blossom into a legit 2C, Korpisalo will outperform Swayman and Ullmark will slip on some dog poo outside the Canadian Tire Center, rendering him out for the season after only 6 games.
I'm actually from the future, and all of this is spot on.
Sounds about right.
On the open market, Myers is expected to get around 3.5-4 mil a year. Say what you will about his play, hes always played 20 min or more regardless of team or coach. I believe he also had the second or third most points for pending RHD UFAs.
as a wings fan, the Yzerplan frustrates the hell out of me
And what Ken Holland was doing made you feel what? Happy ? Since 2002 we've been lucky and I mean insanely lucky how Zet and Pav dragged us through so sketchy years, but outside of those 2 we haven't done anything since the salary cap started. I rather be patient and see what he has planned
Blues fan, I loved Walman and was bummed when we traded him to you guys.What are your thoughts on the trade yesterday? I admittedly don't watch much red wings hockey outside of game highlights, but did he decline that much for you guys? I am surprised he was traded
@@theramplocal we're all wondering what Yzerman has planned because as it stands now that trade was insane lol especially since technically NHL got rid of future consideration trades . We have no idea what is going on 🤣
@@ouzi9122ya that walman trade looks horrendous. There are many reasons it could be. But just looking at it today is a wtf moment.
@@theramplocal our coach stretched him down the stretch for whatever reason, I thought he was our 2 or 3rd best D man last year. He was great w Seider on the first line and had a solid contract. Idk why we did that trade honestly, we have way worse contracts
Sens fan here. Amazing deal by Sens new management team.
Big thing is Melnyk is gone, so his penny pinching and meddling aren't a factor.
Honorable mention to Richard Panik's deal with the Caps in 2019
Also I would say that you're a little harsh on Copp. Is the deal great? No. Is it better than someone like Jack Campbell? Absolutely.
Yeah I missed Campbell, I keep forgetting about him because he hasn’t even been in the NHL lol.
Copp isn’t a bad player but his cap hit is high though. Hes good at the pk and face offs also solid bottom 6 player.
Good thing about no free agents wanting to come to Winnipeg is that we dont sign any bad FA contracts
Loui Eriksson looks like hes 55 in that pic you chose.
He played like it too!
There's Bergevin albatross pairing: Gallagher and Anderson for 2021-22 onward at a cap hit of $6.5M and $5.5M/year each. Their contracts don't end until end of 2026-27 season. Think they got no more than another season with the Habs as their combined cap hit of $12M a season is weighing down the team.
Will be interesting to see how Boston's defense helps Korpisalo's stats
man, when copp played with jets he played 1st line pk...... shocker
note he played with lowry
Bruins fan here. I think the devils were the best trade partner for ulmark and as soon as they signed markstrom ulmark's trade value was significantly reduced
As a Rangers fan from the way he played on my team, seeing this fued between OhNyquist and Andrew Copp is looking like fued of the past two years
Y’know we don’t hate Andrew Copp, we just hate his contract
Exactly
As a sens fan, I was shocked that’s all the sens gave up in that trade. I was expecting chychrun plus a draft pick. Staios has won me over officially.
Vancouver buys out OEL and he wins the cup, it’s a matter of team fit imo
I love hockey but haven't had the time to watch as much the last 3 seasons. You're bringing me back in. I appreciate your channel.
You should do BEST Signings from each year! Love the videos :)
Seeing Justin Holl there (as a Leafs fan) makes me happy.
My guy caused us so much pain.
Thank god teams took him and Campbell off us 🙏
Before even watching the video I’m bracing to see a lot of the flames between 2014 & 2017 lol
From an isles fan, It’s gotta be the ladd contract from 2016. If isles never sign him, we wouldn’t have had 5.5 mil in essentially dead cap during the 2020 and 2021 ecf runs. We could’ve had a real contributor in the lineup. Even if we didn’t use that money on another ufa, we would’ve had enough money to resign Devon Toews. Only reason I say it’s worse than Louie’s is bc that deal only kept the nucks from competing for a playoff spot. For the isles, it not only kept them from getting over the Tampa hump, but it also shrank their contention window with having to give up a young all star level defenseman for next to nothing (we got the jj moser draft pick which was flipped a year later in the Ladd cap dump).
Red Wings can't get a top 3 pick but at least they give out the worst free agent contracts
Thanks for these videos been out of the game for a few years due to moving and being busy and im using you and rob to catch up , thanks eh ❤
What's funny here is the guy that VAN traded for Eriksson was bought out, then won a Cup with FLA right away.
Referring to OEL as "the guy" is kind of crazy ngl
If we went back to 2011, Brad Richard’s had the worst contact that offseason without a doubt
Have you heard of Ville Leino? Because at least Brad Richards was serviceable.
Its very strange it didn’t work out for Louie Eriksson in Vancouver… Before that he was a proven 20-30 goals per season guy and he had AMAZING chemistry with the Sedins in the Swedish national team when they played together.
There's the ones where the team pays a player based on what they've done and then it doesn't continue. And then there's ones where it's obvious from the day they signed the deal it was a stupid enormous disaster.
Most of the contracts I can agree. I would have said Milan Lucic instead of Louie Eriksson, but when we have the most infamous free agency class, there are so many arguments. But I disagree with 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.
Patrick Marleau was good for the Leafs. Sure he was getting old and was past his prime, but still. To have Patrick Marleau??!! It is awesome. Even if he did nothing, it is still great to have him. The worst contract of 2017 was Karl Alzner. A 5 year, $4M per year for a 3rd pairing defenseman who does the bare minimum? It was terrible as soon as it was announced, and it got worse from there. He got sent to the minors 2 years into the contract, and was bought out the next year. He hasn't played since.
Tyler Myers wasn't that bad with the Canucks. To me, the worst contract of 2019 was Brandon Tanev. 6 years, $3.5 million for a 4th liner. Sure, he did decent with the Penguins and the Kraken, but still. That is a contract given to Top 6 guys, not a bottom sixer.
Philip Grubauer, I can understand. He sucked in the regular season, but his saving grace was his playoff performance with the Kraken, winning half of the games he played, a save percentage of over .900, and he was good enough to give the Seattle Kraken their first ever Stanley Cup series win, and to also push the series against Dallas to 7. I don't care if he was bought out, Barclay Goodrow's signing is still the worst, not only of 2021, but the worst contract in Rangers history. Trading for him was not bad. I was happy we got him. But I was pissed about the gross overpayment. Just like Brandon Tanev, you don't pay $3.6 million per year for 6 years to a 4th liner. It was terrible when it was announced. To be fair, he played his best hockey in the first 2 years, scoring over 30 points and at least 10 goals. It's good, but the only way this contract would be a winner is it the first 2 years happened throughout the rest of the contract. But this past season was his worst as he only scored 4 goals, 8 assists, and 12 points. Even with his shockingly god performance in the playoffs (6 goals, 2 assists, and 8 points, 2ND IN GOAL SCORING!), it was time for him to go. Even if he did well, he was the main reason why we had to let players like Frank Vatrano, Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, and others go, because we couldn't afford them thanks to Goodrow. That contract should have gone to Pavel Buchnevich, you know, A TOP 6 WINGER THE RANGERS DESPERATELY NEEDED EVER SINCE HE LEFT??!!! Thank god the Sharks took Goodrow from us. Now we have the cap space needed to keep Ryan Lindgren and Braden Schneider. And it is more helpful since Igor, Lafreniere, and Miller need contracts as well. Even though I will miss Goodrow, getting rid of him was the right move.
As for 2023, I can agree that Justin Holl's contract is bad. He was barely around and he, along with Jeff Petry, Ben Chiarot, and Ollie Maata were terrible on the blue line, and if it wasn't for Moritz Seider and Jake Walman (who shouldn't have been traded, especially for FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS!!), the Red Wings would have the worst defense this season. While Holl's is bad, to me, the worst contract is Pierre Engvall. If the Tanev and Goodrow signings are problematic, then Engvall's contract is as well. But it is even worse when Engvall is signed $3 million for 7 YEARS!! 7 years for a 4th liner. I was watching Free Agency last year, and as soon as that signing was announced, I was laughing so hard (because it's the Islanders). I still find it funny, even to this day.
As a sens fan I was hyped to hear we moved that awful contract but I can’t help but have a bit of tarasenko ptsd with the ntc ullmark has. Hopefully we can resign him without having to overpay too much.
Not a bad call on the Myers contract. 3 years at 3 million. Probably a little longer than expected but the figures were close enough
Watched a few of your vids now and hit subscribe. It's nice to see hockey content! Thanks for making entertaining stuff
As a Canucks fan, I would choose Messier as worst free agent signing 1000x before I would choose Myers. Agree with Loui though
Should do a video thats every teams worst free agent signing
That Torey Krug contract is so bad. The and the fact Krug is being so just unfriendly about his wanting to be traded, etc. Dudes very unliked. Yeah he had a decent season this past year for the Blues but he was still so bad.
As a jets fan idk if our recent contract to Dylan Demelo is worth it, 4 years at over 4 mil a year for a 31 year old who’s not even our second best defencemen imo (Neal Pionk) I just feel like it’s an over pay when we could get somebody at his level of play in free agency for about 3mil
Mark my words, Korpi's coming back with a vengeance
That would be interesting, he’s never played with any vengeance before in his career..
@@vrooman7134 my mans holding the NHL record for most saves in 1 game, he hs that dawg in him, somewhere…
Staios patience on making moves paid off big time cant believe they shed that Korpi contract for 25th overall and the got a major upgrade in net. Staios cooked here even with Ullmark's numbers naturally regressing behind the Sens dcore to a .905-.910 its still so much better than Korpi
I was worried about Ulmark and the sens D but then someone’s mentioned how his worst season is still a massive upgrade over the sens 2024 goaltending
as a leaf fan, patrick marleau was the start of the problem with the leafs. We lost JVR, couldn't afford others, it was a joke
Marleau wasn't worth his contract when he played, never mind giving Carolina a first for taking him in his third year, Shanahan screwed up big time by hiring Babcock. Marleau was the spy in the dressing room for Babcock, the reason that Babcock wanted Marleau on the team.
@@jimclarence5441 yeah, marleau was horrible
Matt Moulson always looks like he's crying or about to cry
Do one for the worst free agent signing for each team since 2005. I think the Lucic signing is the worst for Edmonton.
Ville Leino, Matt Moulson, Kyle Okposo, Jeff Skinner. Only one organization can over pay all of these bums almost in consecutive years 😂 Go Sabres
Tucker Poolman
As a Bruins fan the Ullmark trade is a real head scratcher for me. The whole point of moving on from Ullmark was to free up cap space, and you are only freeing up 2 million, 1 million including Kastelic
Are you gonna do a 2024 NHL Draft Rankings before the Draft?
Chuckie Fletcher will have to be on at least 3-4 of these seasons
I would argue the Kevin Hayes signing in 2019 was pretty bad, coming from a flyers fan
Sekera is a bad pick. He was actually good till he had 2 really bad injuries and never became the same again. If Draisaitl sings for 14m over 8 tomorrow, scores another 100 next season when someone takes out his knee and he`s done, is it a bad signing then or bad luck?
I was pretty sure Benning is responsible for more, Myer, Loui Ericsson, OEL just to name a few. In fact OEL is the worst ever!
The Marleau signing wasn’t bad. The leafs just weren’t responsible with managing their cap. Signing a player to just a 3 yr deal shouldn’t be a problem but of course the leafs made it into one.
I am NOT a believer in the “yzerplan”. I have moved on. Kane was awesome, but that’s probably over with.
Loui ekriksson “the empty net assassin”
Now a best free agent singing video!!
Tomorrow!
@@OhNyquist yesssss go leafs🥹😍
@@francescoravenda5070 biggest chokers
Can you do a free agency prediction video?
Will be doing that on the 30th! Day before free agency.
Absolutely FLEECED!!!!! Call the cops. Staios Master-class
Tyler myers next contract is going to be one of the best of this FA
Saw 2016 coming a mile away lol
Absolutely agree. If Korpi didn't get dealt for Ullmark his signing woulda been the worst for 2023-2024 IMO
No way that James Neal contract was worse than the Jack Johnson Pens contract.
Did you ever see Neal play? The guy did not belong in AAA let alone the NHL.
Tyler Myers is him. Don’t care. That save in game 6 vs Nashville mail always make that contact worth is.
It’s all about the Yzerplan 😂
Seems like this could have had a few more oilers on the list lol
Apparently someone had the Korpisalo/Forsberg tandem ranked 31st, but soon after the trade, they ranked the Ullmark/Forsberg tandem at 7th 🤯
It wasn't that bad... but close to that (stat wise). As for how it is with Ulmark as the starter... probably mid-league level. But Ottawa doesn't really need stellar goal tending, it needs good consistent goal tending.
I’m really glad the kings got rid of PLD lmfao his contract was awful
James Neal, haven’t heard that name in awhile
The term was the killer on that one. Based on his previous stats the AAV was in line, but then he didn't produce and there was no escape from that length.
Serkera was just unfortunate with injury but with LTIR it wasn’t the worst signing of 2016… the worst signing of 2016 was also the Oiler in Milan Lucic $6 million 7 years had one good season then fell off a cliff to single digits scoring couldn’t even put him LTIR…
JACK CAMPBELL?!?!?!
Good choice but certain was how they were move in the end that made the cut.i think alzner and korpisalo was really bad signing
Is it a bad signing if they played well then get injured (Sekera)? I would call it bad luck, not a bad signing.
Yeah... repeated injuries could effectively end the career of an otherwise good player. :/
i think damon seversons signing last year was pretty bad too
I’d be down to have copp on the hawks
2 Benning contracts. Classic
People dont get to hype about Ullmark.
Ottawa cant defend.
As a bruins fan, I loved the connection ulmark and sway had. I will miss that tandem and wish nothing but the best for him. But I feel like we didn’t get enough for him as a reigning vezina winner
Sekera doesn't really deserve to be on the list since he played well until the injuries when you sign a guy into his late 30's there's always that risk one wrong injury and that's it no matter who you are and a torn acl for a defensman is about as brutal as it gets
Nothing is worse than jack Cambell
Most expensive AHL player ever
The worst FA signing is the one you don’t make
and now OEL is a cup champ!
So imo I dont think Ottawa needs to fix their goalie situation. What they should be doing is fixing their gosh darn defense. I say this as A Leafs fan but PLEASE OTTAWA MAKE THE BATTLE OF ONTARIO MEAN SOMETHING AGAIN!
They need a good coaching staff. The roster on paper is good, the execution on the ice is lacking
I don't know... how many games did the Leafs win last season against Ottawa?
@@aralornwolf3140 lol touche my friend. What I mean is back like it was in the early 2000s when both teams were good.
Honestly really liked Sekera
2023 worst contract had to be my team giving Ryan Graves 4.5 for 6 years he played like shit the first year hopefully a bounce back this year but i do not believe
Two of these disasters were the work of Jim Benning. 🤦♂️
You have no idea what your talking about sekera was our best defenseman for a couple years and he got hurt. Him getting hurt doeosnt make it anywhere near the worst free agent signing that year.
Panthers parade baby! WOOOOOOO GO PANTHERS
Justin Holl, that signing was disgusting.. and developed just as expected. Get rid of that contract RW.. yikes.... LGRW!
I was supporter of Holl when in played for the Leafs. But in his last year as a Leaf....he hit the wall, his skating had declined. I was surprised the Wings pro scouting didn't notice and gave Holl that three year contract.
and now TyMy is on for 3 years...
Wings going for the 3peat this year in worst Free agency signing., 😢
😖 let’s hope not lol
Wish stamkos went with th e wing s
The Senators won the Ullmark trade for sure, as you say even if he leaves after a year there's no bad contractor for Korpasalo left on the books to be brough out down the line. That sort of money would have been on the books for years so really happy that we got out from under that. The only thing that I would add though is if Ullmark goes after a year then Brady requests a trade for sure. There is no way that he can invest further years with a franchise that cant compete to keep the best players in the league.
I think you have to be cautiously optimistic about Ullmark, his Vezina season is more an outlier than a benchmark of his play. Part of why Ullmark and Swayman worked so well as a tandem is that they're both streaky goalies with a high upside; again outside of the Vezina year his numbers are good-not-great on a Bruins team that didn't ignore its defense. I like Ullmark a lot but this coming season is more a test than a certainty, I'd say.
@@puckstopper25 I totally understand mate but seriously our goalie tandem last season was subpar at best! We got the Kopasalo money off the books in the main and received a better goaltender in return. Sad to see Mark Kastelic leave though as in the faceoff dot he was up there with the best, was too inconsistent though.
Thank you Jim benning for being the absolute bum hindering the canucks for another decade
Red Wings Yzerman might be the worst gm in the league...
Yzerplan 👍🏻😂
I had a feeling you’d make a stab at the Grubauer contract. Sadly a lot of hockey media just read stat sheets and don’t actuallly watch a ton of games. I get it’s hard, but man especially with goaltenders it’s impossible to get a good read from a stat sheet. I’d happily pay starting goaltender money to a goaltender that gets your team to the edge of the WCF in your second season and helps salvage an injury ridden season when your backup goalie becomes unplayable (almost gets you into the playoffs). The save % has more to do with the team than Gru, but again you’d need to actually watch the games to know that. Goodrow is by far the worst contract
Wanted to see Bussi back up swayman so not a good trade at all as a bruins fan