I don't understand why people are unhappy with this deal. He's 30 goal scorer who can be a decent 1st line or great 2nd line player.
We have 0 young players who can fill that need right now.
Rodin, Etem, Virtanen, and Bart are all fringe secondary pieces at this point. Loui gives the Sedines a great linemate or amazing secondary help in a 2nd line to take pressure off them.
And realistically...what harm is having him on the team doing? All of you b1tching about not getting younger...the only guy Loui is hurting is a guy like Gaunce who will probably be the odd man out when things settle. Well Gaunce is MAYBW going to be 3rd or 4th liner. So we are supposed to not sign 1st liners so some kid can waste a spot trying to reach his (pretty low) potential?
Give me a break.
Also, players that put up 60 points get paid $6mill +. AND get term.
So how is anyone surprised. You want a 30 goal scorer...you pay for it.
And who gives a crap it year 5 and 6 he slows down!? Sedins will be off the books and it's not like we have any other top end talent looking to make 14mill then. If we are really they unhappy then just burry him in the AHL, buy him out, or trade him.
You don't NOT sign a player because MAYBE one day 5 years into the 6 year contract he MAY slow down. Geezus you wouldn't sign anyone if that was the case.
Today we got the best UFA available and instantly made our team better.
But I guess being a better team is against some of your agendas on here right...