Say it ain’t so uncle Lou. Of all the presidents/general managers but
Lou Lamoriello to set the bar for what players are to get paid during the next
8-10 years of the newest NHL CBA. Yesterday Lamoriello and his New Jersey Devils
signed number one center Travis Zajac to a eight year, 46 million dollar
contract. That contract over the length will be an average of 5.75 million per
year. The Winnipeg Manitoba native, whom is a glorified 2nd line center, who
missed 67 games last season due to injury. During the 2013 Stanley Cup
playoffs, he had seven goals and 14 points in 24 games. In 2011-12 Zajac played
all 82 games scoring 13 goals and 44 points. Is it just me or is this the second
coming of Scott Gomez. Zajac in 52 playoff games has 10 goals and 26 points; but
let’s sign him to an eight year extension.
What Next?
If Zajac is worth 5.75 million a year, what is Dallas Stars forward
Jamie Benn worth? Benn will be entering his 4th season, and has scored 22 goals
or more each season. Slowly but surely his numbers has gotten better every
season. Before Zajac got signed, Dallas a very small market team could have
signed their most important asset moving forward to a 3-4 year contract worth
4-4.5 million per season. Arguably now it could be said he’s worth 5 million or
more comparable to Zajac’s salary. That hurts the Stars now and moving forward;
and what pisses us all off, is we just had a 113 day lockout and it has
accomplished nothing; all because of one signing.
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