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Pricing Dany Heatley

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How the Anaheim Ducks' latest signing stacks up against some other recent Free Agent contracts.

At least he's not Clayton Stoner. Photo credit
At least he's not Clayton Stoner. Photo credit
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Yesterday the Anaheim Ducks signed former Minnesota Wild forward Dany Heatley to a low-risk, low-cost one year contract worth $1 million. Lets take a look at how this compares to a handful of other recent free agent signings this off-season...

For the cost of this many Heatleys… You could pay for...
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7 Heatleys

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Paul Stastny

$7million, St. Louis Blues

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6 Heatleys

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Jaromir Jagr

$6million, New Jersey Devils

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5 Heatleys

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Andrew MacDonald

$5million, Philadelphia Flyers

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Radim Vrbata

$5million, Vancouver Canucks

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Mikhail Grabovski

$5million, New York Islanders

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4.5 Heatleys
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Jonas Hiller

$4.5million, Calgary Flames

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3 Heatleys

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Stephane Robidas

$3million, Toronto Maple Leafs

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Mathieu Perreault

$3million, Winnipeg Jets

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2 Heatleys

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Brad Richards

$2million, Chicago Blackhawks

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1.2 Heatleys

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Shawn Thornton

$1.2million, Flroida Panthers

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Mike Brown

$1.2million, San Jose Sharks

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0.6 Heatleys

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Curtis McElhinney

$600k, Columbus Blue Jackets

There's not likely to be much upside for Anaheim with a Dany Heatley who has long since been on the decline, but at least his contract is not an albatross.

Reasonable enough, I won't complain.