Reply #37: I can be objective [View All]

I'm not like...a republican or anything...

No maybe 1.5 won't hurt them even if he goes down in training camp. I just don't like gambling on hockey players. I don't like 1.5 million for Lindros and I don't like 5 million for Lemieux or whatever he's going to pay himself.

Allison's prime is debatable (like everything). I would argue that his prime was when he was with the Bruins in the late 90's. His peak production year was 2000-01 with the Bruins. Since then with the kings he didn't reach 20 goals with over 70 games, and then the injury's the following year with only 26 games. His pace though would have been under 20 goals.

Who knows in the new NHL, and with a year of rest, what both will be like. I don't know.

I just don't like so many questions for both players. It's my personal preference. I like healthy players coming into their prime, not players with a history of serious injury who haven't been in their prime for over 4-5 years. You can spin the gamble however you like. I just don't like gambles in sports. They fail far more often than they pay off.

Sure maybe 3 million total for 1 year for Allison and Lindros seems like a decent gamble to some. I just wouldn't do it and don't like it when teams do it.

Anyway I don't see how i'm not being objective. I doubt i'm the only person in the world who thinks signing these guys is questionable.