Inside the NHL’s Biggest Contract Surprises of 2025: Who’s Winning and Losing Big Bucks?
It’s probably a little bit of both. At the very least, we do know there have been some questionable decisions over the last few years. Paying over $4 million for both Jason Dickinson and Nick Foligno was way too much, and taking Andre Burakovsky’s bloated contract for free looks like a misstep.
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If the rebuild progresses this season, there’s a lot of great future value on the way once the team’s ELCs turn into valuable RFA deals. A lack of lengthy commitments also helps. But for now, there’s a lot that’s not working throughout the lineup and no major wins to point towards. Like the on-ice product, it’s a large pile of Ls.
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