Drew Stafford

[jetman]

@FriedgeHNIC: Stafford deal in WIN is 2 years, $8.7M

So 4.35mil AAV

IN CHEVY WE TRUST

 

[Jetabre]

4.35m a year for 2 years is excellent. Great work Chevy.

 

[Board Bard]

Are they figuring Petan spends two years on the Moose?

 

[mcpw]

Chevy has earned another couple of trust-points.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

MFW I heard the terms.

 

[Gm0ney]

So 2 x $4.35M? That's alright...shades of the Jokinen deal.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Yeah, have to say I'm pretty happy with that deal. More AAV than he really deserves, but the key is that it's only a two year term.

 

[jetkarma*]

It's a positive , leaves options open and doesn't tie up Wpg .

Would have been ok with less for longer as I have said , more term can be a positive for the value of trading a player .

This more than works , and while it isn't a surprise , it is welcomed news .

One more piece slotted in .

 

[jetkarma*]

Are they figuring Petan spends two years on the Moose?

Don't think it means that at all , that will play itself out .

 

[CorgisPer60]

So 2 x $4.35M? That's alright...shades of the Jokinen deal.

Stafford hasn't fallen off a cliff yet. We got a pending UFA to stick with the Jets - that's huge.

 

[allan5oh]

Yeah, have to say I'm pretty happy with that deal. More AAV than he really deserves, but the key is that it's only a two year term.

This. Such this. Keeps our doors open.

 

[jetkarma*]

Stafford hasn't fallen off a cliff yet. We got a pending UFA to stick with the Jets - that's huge.

There should be no cliff talk , he's in a good spot and should be a solid 2nd line RW .

 

[buggs]

LLW
Perreault-Scheifele-Stafford
X-Lowry-Ehlers
X-Copp?-Thorburn


First X as Burmi? Petan on LW??
Second X as Stempniak?
Copp probably not the center to start, but maybe.

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Yeah, have to say I'm pretty happy with that deal. More AAV than he really deserves, but the key is that it's only a two year term.

My feeling as well - helps bridge the gap to some of the up and coming prospects, but doesn't saddle the Jets with a long term commitment. Very good deal for both parties - on a 2 year deal, I have no issue with the $$.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

I was afraid it might go higher so I will be happy with *only* 4.35. Now just keep him off of Scheifele's line please.

Edit: Just saw that it is for only 2 years. Surprise! So if he isn't good we aren't locked in too long. That is good. Or we get the opportunity to add a couple of years at a proper 3rd line price. Assuming he meets (my lower than some) expectations I might not mind extending him later for 2 more at ~3/.

1 attaboy for Chevy.

 

[sully1410]

I would have preferred about a mil less per year, but I really like the short term of this deal so I'll take it.

 

[Gm0ney]

Stafford hasn't fallen off a cliff yet. We got a pending UFA to stick with the Jets - that's huge.

I meant more in terms of term/money/expectations - Jokinen wasn't expected to suck hard for the first year of his deal. If he'd played both years like his 2nd I think people would've only been slightly disappointed...

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Closing this for a while, so we don't get dueling threads on Stafford - discuss the signing here, then we'll re-open this later.

 

[Puckatron 3000]

How is Stafford's corsi this year? I don't know how to check.

I remember really liking Stafford last year. Then I kinda bought into all the corsi talk, and decided maybe I shouldn't like him. Because math told me not to.

Now, watching him this year, I'm like **** it, Stafford is pretty great. But I don't think he's doing anything different than last season.

I guess what I'm asking is... Is Stafford the anti-corsi?

 

[10Ducky10]

Stafford 41 points in 66 games..... .621 ppg
Kane 13 points in 30 games......... .433 ppg

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Flair Hay]

He's no star, but I fully expected 20 goals and 40 pts from him. So far, so good.

 

[ATLbound]

I like Stafford. guy was clutch in our late push last season. And despite the teams disappointing season, he seems to still be on his game. I think coming here revived him a bit last year, lets hope it stays that way.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

How is Stafford's corsi this year? I don't know how to check.

I remember really liking Stafford last year. Then I kinda bought into all the corsi talk, and decided maybe I shouldn't like him. Because math told me not to.

Now, watching him this year, I'm like **** it, Stafford is pretty great. But I don't think he's doing anything different than last season.

I guess what I'm asking is... Is Stafford the anti-corsi?

Thing about Corsi is that not every player needs to be a huge Corsi star. A guy like a Marian Gaborik* was never a very good Corsi player. He brought down the Kings Corsi when acquired. But thing is with his chances he buried, he brought the finish. You need those finishers as well as Corsi drivers. Think about in terms of on-ice, you need the players that carry the put in, grind the corners, get to the net. But you need to pair them with guys that can snipe one shot goals. Otherwise even with lots of possession you just won't outscore other teams even if you outshoot. Stafford is more of a sniper like that.

*=The Marian Gaborik of years past I mean, not this year.

 

[ps241]

Thing about Corsi is that not every player needs to be a huge Corsi star. A guy like a Marian Gaborik* was never a very good Corsi player. He brought down the Kings Corsi when acquired. But thing is with his chances he buried, he brought the finish. You need those finishers as well as Corsi drivers. Think about in terms of on-ice, you need the players that carry the put in, grind the corners, get to the net. But you need to pair them with guys that can snipe one shot goals. Otherwise even with lots of possession you just won't outscore other teams even if you outshoot. Stafford is more of a sniper like that.

*=The Marian Gaborik of years past I mean, not this year.

Yea I am not the biggest Stafford fan and I far prefer Frolik but Drew can finish very nicely and has good hands around the net. He is a useful piece of the puzzle for sure.

 

[Puckatron 3000]

Much appreciated for all your thoughts.