As much as we all love the New York Rangers, this is a team that is far from perfect, they have their own blemishes, and they have their own struggles. So, the three worst contracts on the team can be justified in different ways. This isn’t always the worst player if the worst player on the team can be completely buried in the minors with no cap implications. That’s just a depth piece.
These are players that make more than they should or are making a justifiable amount for longer than they should. Age and decline affect everyone as father time is undefeated unless you’re Tom Brady and actually a cockroach even time can’t squash. Anyway, these exist on every team. Colorado had a defenseman that was drastically overpaid. Tampa moved one of their bad deals out this summer.
Now you may question the criteria I’m using to justify a bad contract. It’s a very valid question. A player’s age will be a factor, the amount of money they make will be another, the term left on that deal will be a third, and their production will be another. I’ll also be considering their style of play. That is to justify some of the veterans on the team on short-term deals that are playing depth roles that is worth it.
If there are players I do not mention that you think could be considered bad contracts, let me know. This is completely open to interpretation seeing as the only person whose opinion on this subject matters is Chris Drury. I can say whatever I want, but it will not change the opinion of the General Manager. They get paid far more than I do to talk about these things and decide if these players are worth their deal.
That is another thing I want to mention very quickly before I dive into this. Just because I have a player listed here doesn’t mean they are not worth that amount of money right now, it just means that their contract could be a little concerning when the player gets a little bit older. If you are thinking about who this refers to, I’m sure you know by now after the season he just had, so let’s start there.