Fansided · Jul 23, 2019
New York Islanders and NHL Overvalue 4th Liners
The New York Islanders and the rest of the NHL seemingly love to give bottom-six forwards long-term deals. Why is that, when they hold little value?
Today, we learned of one of the craziest deals for a fourth-liner that I’ve ever seen. Thankfully, it wasn’t the New York Islanders on the giving end this time. Instead, David Poile and the Nashville Predators were the ones who gave a fourth-liner a head-scratching deal.
Colton Sissons, who is coming off a 30 point season (career-high), received a seven-year $20 million deal. Yes, the cap hit is under $3 million, which theoretically isn’t terrible, but seven years for a bottom-six player (despite his young age) is just wild.