Do you care what your employer can spend on other employees? Or do you say I am worth x and if you don't pay me I will find someone who will? You may. But I think you would be part of a very small majority.
A team can do an instant rebuild with he offer sheet and probably be finishing high enough in the standings that the draft pick comp will seem paltry.
the endorsements are irrelevant. they will be there either way.
Butcher is the very definition of a marginal prospect. No size, average at best skating and generally a one trick pony on the pp, which he will not see much of in the AHL much less the NHL. Thinking he has some aura that will lift this team is delusional. Hi a prospect with 5/6 NHL potential.
Yes you can. And just because you are out there doesn't mean you are in peak condition. It isn't a question of being "in" shape it is a matter of being in peak condition. Buff is heavy and can dominate physically. With his talent he would be in the Karlson converstion if he maximized his conditioning. The emphasis on losing weight would increase his effectiveness during that league leading TOI.
Yeah I am talking about the Buff that Toews used a trail of twinkies from his locker to the weight room to show him where it was. Great player not always the best physical specimen. I shudder to think how good he could be if he was committed to better physical training.
Let us not forget that Rupp did say that, in his opinion, the one guy that could unseat McDavid at the top other than Crosby, was Eichel. It is pablum for the junkies with no real hockey to talk about or watch.