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Bad Contracts From The Detroit Sports Scene

02/04/2019 at 8:43am EST

Anthony Fenech, Vince Ellis, Helene St. James and Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press listed the bad sports contracts in Detroit,

Here's a snapshot of each team's less-than-desirable contracts:

F Justin Abdelkader

Age: 31.

Contract: Signed for seven years, $29.75 million ($4.25 million cap hit) in November 2015.

The word: Played on a line with Pavel Datsyuk at the time, and scored 23 goals in 2014-15. Abdelkader has not been as productive since Datsyuk left in 2016, with 25 goals and 44 assists in 192 games. Abdelkader is also not as physical as he used to be. The four years left on the contract renders it unmovable.

DeKeyser and Ericsson are also made the list.

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