Hockey fans are using a Leafs player's stats to rip apart the Tom Wilson contract

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Friday night, Tom Wilson was the NHL player everyone was talking about because of the contract he signed with the Capitals to stay in Washington for six more years.

The Washington #Capitals have re-signed Tom Wilson to a six-year contract that will carry an average annual value of $5.17 million.

A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jul 27, 2018 at 6:31pm PDT

The money Tom Wilson got is what people have been talking about because he's got a higher cap hit than some big names and doesn't have the same production over the course of his career.

NHL players Tom Wilson now makes more than:

Mats Zuccarello
Justin Faulk
Nikita Kucherov's first RFA deal
Vincent Trocheck
Gustav Nyquist
Alex Galchenyuk
Shayne Gostisbehere
TJ Brodie
John Klingberg
Sean Couturier
Chris Kreider
Anders Lee
Brendan Gallagher
— Totally Sharky Complete (@tsarigor) July 28, 2018

In fact, there's a player fans have been using to criticize the contract he got and he just so happens to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Connor Brown is a better scorer playing with Matt Martin and Don Moore and Wilson is playing with Ovi and Backstrom and he makes half what Wilson makes. Imagine if the roles were reversed?
— Lords Work (@danielroyyyy) July 28, 2018

Connor Brown has the same number of career goals as Wilson, in 220 less GP https://t.co/u2WWwvHME0
— Kevin Papetti (@KPapetti) July 28, 2018

I get why the Caps love Tom Wilson but man that's way too much money.

Not the greatest example but Connor Brown put up only seven fewer points for less than half that money and he played in the bottom six.
— Mark R (@MarkUkLeaf) July 28, 2018

Last thing I’ll say about Tom Wilson’s contract.

Connor Brown has more 25 point seasons than Wilson does and makes about $3 million less.
— Travis Hrubeniuk (@thrubeniuk) July 28, 2018

A reminder that Connor Brown has the same number of goals in fewer games than Tom Wilson and was drafted in the same year and also makes less than half what he does.
— John Tavares Haver (@50_MissionCap) July 28, 2018

Over the last two years, Tom Wilson has ten fewer points than Connor Brown.
— steve numbers (@steve49526400) July 28, 2018

Connor Brown was a 6th round pick by the Leafs in the 2012 while Wilson was selected 16th overall that year by the Capitals. Both players have 35 career goals, but Brown has played in 220 less games than Wilson.

Those numbers perfectly explain why people are ripping the Capitals for re-signing Wilson to the deal they did. That said, he does a number of little things outside of scoring to help the Caps win and he's coming off a career year, so maybe he continues to improve those numbers.

(H/T: Twitter)