mattshock wrote:He's paid $7M because he's proven season after season he can put up big numbers. Spezza finds Heatley in ways that no one else on this team can. They have great chemistry. The fact that Spezza hasn't played well without Heatley is a moot point as they're on the same line.
Spezza is a playmaker. Sure, it would be nice if you could stick him with Neil and he would start potting goals, but that's not the reality.
His $7M is a bargain for what he brings, but he's getting a lot of slack right now as a well paid player who hasn't been producing.
I'd like to see Smith, Shannon, Zubov, or Regin (when he gets back) up with the big club. Surely one of these guys can fit into our top-6 the way they've been tearing it up.
So, he cant produce with guys in the NHL, but yet all of the sudden he would produce with guys in the AHL.
Spezza has not proven anything other than he can put up the points on the 1st PP unit and playing with a top 3 goal scorer. How is he ANY different than a Marc Savard? He isnt.