[cferneyh]

Considering he's a seven-year NHL veteran that's never played in more than 66 games in a single season, you're bang on that he can't be counted on for a full season. And considering he's never scored more than 18 goals in a season, 30 seems like wishful thinking.

Yeah, but pro-rate his goals over a full season (I know....I know) and you get a guy that apparently could approach 30 if he somehow managed to stay healthy.

My favourite line was from a buddy of mine who said that he heard Nik tore a bunch of ligaments in his wrist while signing the contract.

Cfern, c'mon. That's wishful thinking for a sickly player who has never lived up to expectations. When are we going to stop expecting him to bust out and finally cut him loose?

I think my posts made it abundantly clear that I know it is wishful thinking. My point is that at $2MM a season, I think it is a risk worth taking. Especially when you consider that a guy like Samsonov got $3.525MM per season from Montreal and his goal totals over his previous three seasons were 23, 17, and 5 (and he responded with a total of 9 goals last season, which I think was equivalent to the number of times he cried to the media about not being used properly, wanting out, wah wah wah).