Cleary out for rest of preseason, hopes to be ready Oct. 7

[LeftWinger 5,153]

I think the hate for Cleary for some people is that he is making $2.5M and putting in 46 or less points, which is only 4 more points than when he was only making $675,000. In that respect, he isn't really "earning" his contract point wise, but he is a hell of a hard worker and I think makes up for his point production (or lack of) in other ways...

...the same cannot be said for certain other player(s) not yet "earning" their contracts...

Fact is, this league's payroll is once again rolling out of control. Some if not most of the players contracts in the league are not performance based, but based on potential. Pretty soon we are going to have players once again, being drafted and signing multi-million deals before they step on the NHL ice...

Pay for performance, not potential. Keep salaries down, keep ticket prices down.

Perfect Example: Ville Leino is bringing home $11M this season based on 53 points scored last year...

Edited September 30, 2011 by LeftWinger