Just over a year ago, Anders Lee re-upped with the New York Islanders. He announced the deal in the best possible way. He tweeted out a video titled "I'm not leaving" where Leonardo DiCaprio hypes up his team after stating he's staying in The Wolf of Wall Street movie.
The Isles captain wasn't going anywhere. Both Lee and the team agreed on a seven-year $49 million contract ($7 million AAV). It was a huge raise for a guy who held a $3.75 million cap hit just before this new deal.
With the Buffalo Sabres signing Jeff Skinner to an eight-year $72 million deal ($9 million AAV) was Lee's deal fair value for a player that had scored 142 goals since 2014-15 (17th overall in that period)?