Want a Part 2 to this video? Comment the worst NHL Free Agent Signings that you can think of and I will feature some of your picks!

In 2017, Karl Alzner signed a 5-year contract with the Montréal Canadiens to win a Stanley Cup. That year, the Capitals won a Stanley Cup and the Canadiens fell to the bottom of the league. He was eventually bought out of the last 2 years of his contract.

Loui Eriksson scored in his debut with the Canucks, in his own net. Absolute legend. I can look back and laugh about it now but Benning's tenure was some dark days for sure. The man loved handing out 6x6m contracts to aging players.

Neither Parise, nor Suter were Minnesota draft picks. Both of them were FAs

Lou Erickson, first game for the Canucks. His very first goal for the Canucks was in his own empty net (delayed penalty).....signs of things to come for the next 5 years with the Canucks (he was traded the final year of his contract).

How is Looch not on here but Campbell is

Signing my wife to a long term relationship crippled my organization

Honestly most things him Benning did was a complete disaster. Having a 9 mill 4th line. And OEL was just as bad as Lui Eriksson 😅😅

Loui was the man in dallas and was solid in Boston, he fell off real quick with the Canucks

Backes was 32 not 35 when he signed with the Bruins. Still a bad contract, but to be fair to Backes he did get incredibly unlucky with injuries/health.

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I think Suter was more of a problem in the locker room than Parise, but considering both are friends they had no choice but to buyout both. There were no issues with Parise when he was with the Islanders or Avs. I remember hearing in a podcast where Mike Fisher talked about how bad of teammate Suter was with the Predators and how he wanted top minutes with Weber. Wild will still be in cap hell next year when $13M gets freed up thanks to Guerin handing out bad contracts to old vets.

OEM was another bad contract for Vancouver canucks Loongo's also another

You can probably do a video of the 2016 nhl free agency class on its own. So many bad contracts

Erickson Myers Gradbranson Beagle rousell and more since Benning took over

Jim Benning, come on down.

Andrew ladd

Seth Jones ?

"NHL free agency's the most exciting time to be a hockey fan". One line into the video and you've already lost me.

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Yay! Johnny Non-Hockey! Anyone who thought he was going to be a superstar needs to re-evaluate their own hockey sense.

I think that armchair adventuring only goes so far, and anything said by anyone should be taken with a grain of salt. Just because you lace up the skates doesn't make you a GM. This goes for anyone and everyone, not just you. That being said, GMs have a bad habit of ignoring career totals in favor of a single season in which these players actually bust ass to produce. I wouldn't sign any of these, or most, players simply on their inability to play consistently. Big money being thrown around in desperation is what leads to these kinds of bad deals, and these are licking the tip of the iceberg, if we're gonna be honest. Let's see them stop paying 5 million for a potential 20 goal scorer, and stop paying 8 for a middling prospect, all because they had one good year when their contract was expiring. Learn from the mistakes of the past instead of simply repeating them because you cannot keep your hand outta the cookie jar that is rigged to shock you when you put your hand in.