After scoring more goals than anyone (14) in the 2014 Playoffs on the way to a Stanley Cup, Marian Gaborik was rewarded with a 7-year, $34 million contract extension through 2021.
Gaborik was coming off 4 great seasons with the New York Rangers and the Kings probably wouldn’t have won that Cup without him but since then, he’s clearly lost a step.
He’s always had a history of injuries; of his fifteen NHL seasons, Gaborik has played 75 or more games in just 5 of them. In fact, he played more games (47) in the lockout season of 2012-13 than he did in the full season after it (41), when he missed half the season with a broken collarbone.