To be completely honest, I was very disappointed when Chuck Fletcher announced that he has re-signed Michael Raffl. Raffl was heading into his age 31 season, and was coming off of a dismal 18 point season where he didn’t really drive play either. So, when his two year, $1.6 million AAV contract was announced, I wasn’t too thrilled.
In my eyes, there were prospects that could easily fill in for Raffl at a less expensive cost. I knew that Raffl would be an at-least-OK fourth-liner, but was worried about the prospect of him playing up in the lineup.