Confirmed Signing with Link: [CBJ] Zach Werenski signs extension with the Blue Jackets (6 years, $9.583M AAV)

[MMC]

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[Fro]

 

[J1mLahey]

Dubas, is that you signing that deal?

 

[gojetsgo]

I guess that's one way to make sure another player doesn't leave

 

[wonton15]

Hughes next… that’s a lot….

 

[Foppberg]

Expensive.....

 

[Go Wings]

Drugs are bad MKay

I am a big fan of Werenski but that contract is insane.

 

[Kcoyote3]

I guess that's one way to make sure another player doesn't leave

That's generally how that works, yes.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Surprised he signed for 6 years. Considering what Hamilton and Jones got, that cap hit isn’t crazy.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Holy shit that’s steep

 

[Jets]

holy cap!

 

[Duck Off]

It’s a lot but I don’t blame them. They needed to lock up a key player. Fans have to be getting sick of seeing their best players leave. Happy for Columbus fans

 

[Habs 4 Life]

I really and always liked Werenski, but man that is a lot of money!!

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Wow that is about $2.5M too much

 

[SRHRangers]

Adam Fox just splooged seeing this deal.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Well, at least they got someone to stay. Great player. Not sure $9.583m great, but sometimes you have to dish out. Young enough to be a part of their rebuild.

 

[leafsfan5]

It's been tough to make players stay in Columbus, makes sense they had to overpay by A LOT to retain him

 

[TOGuy14]

What the?

This seems like a huge overpay, especially to only secure 6 years

 

[Canes]

Wow, so to get him to sign a 8 year deal was he demanding 11-12 million?

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

I thought he was guaranteed to end up in Detroit.

 

[MMC]

Why are people shocked at the AAV have you guys not been paying attention? This is market value now.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

That's a ton of money, especially for only 6 years

 

[McShogun99]

Next will be Laine for 12 million a year.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Apparently the flat cap no longer exists according to the contracts handed out recently

 

[Forge]

Surprised he signed for 6 years. Considering what Hamilton and Jones got, that cap hit isn’t crazy.

Yeah, it's just the market. And it's going to rip through his prime mostly. I think it goes through his age 25-30 seasons, right? You can't set that up better. Steep aav, but fair given the ufa years bought out