Jeff Skinner
One thing I will disagree with people on is the Jeff Skinner contract.
Per CapFriendly, his contract has a cap hit of $9,000,000 for the next eight years.
I follow the Carolina Hurricanes pretty closely and this former Calder Memorial Trophy winner was consistently putting up numbers for those Bunch of Jerks and carrying them on his back.
At the time of writing this, Skinner has 19 points in 41 games which is low for this consistent 20+ goal scorer. (All stats naturalstattrick.com).
However, Skinner is still in the top 6 of production for the Sabres. I am writing this with optimism for future seasons to come, but if his point production is the same or lower next year? – Ouch Sabres fans.
Skinner is 27 and should be in his prime right now. If this is just an off season – and not the start of an early decline, the Sabres might do alright here.
Still, a nine million dollar cap hit for a 34 year old Jeff Skinner is not looking too hot right now, especially with the Sabres still a long way from contention.
Brent Seabrook
Seabrook may be the worst of them all.
Chicago sure loves their veterans don’t they?
Brent Seabrook (age 34) is raking in $1.78 million ($6.88 million cap hit) for four more years after this one, despite being terrible for a couple years now.
Seabrook has just 4 points in the 2019–2020 season, and now that his offense is no longer able to cover for what has always been sub-par defense, he just isn’t an NHL player.
This seems to be all she wrote as Seabrook was placed on Long Term Injured Reserve recently due to shoulder surgery.
There you have it: the four worst contracts in the NHL and not a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs in sight.