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Originally Posted by mikemhg
The Petey contract will go down as a big mistake for the team, another legacy of Jim Benning.
Petey is not a $12 million player.
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? Benning drafted him, but it was Alvin that gave him the $11.6mil contract.
EP is currently the highest scoring player out of the entire 2017 draft year. He has more points in less games than 1st overall pick Nico Hischier. I'd say only Cale Makar would go 1st overall in a redraft, but at the time he was 4th overall, while EP was 5th. So, drafting wise, I dont think there's anything to blame Benning for.
The only thing i'd fault Alvin/Rutherford for is the full NMC. At the time, with Bo and JT at $8mil, EP had to be higher than that. So we could argue whether he should be only $10mil a year instead or whatever, but it's a small amount that wouldnt change the team.