Confirmed with Link: Josh Manson signs 4 year extension

[KaseMeOutside]

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[DarthYenik]

Son of Man. Can’t wait to see some of those big hits this season.

 

[AngelDuck]

Guessing 4.2M

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Nice to have a core with Fowler, Lindholm, Vatanen, and Manson. Bieksa and Beauch don't have much time left.

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Nice! Looks like the defensive core is set until the 2021-22 season. Interesting to see how much he got.

 

[KelVarnsen]

4.1 average

 

[Static]

Higher than I thought it'd be

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Higher than I thought it'd be

Yeah that's an analytics contract raht therre

 

[GreatBear]

Looks like Bieksa's salary goes to Manson. Vats is going to have to go in order to afford Montour.

 

[duxfan1101]

Looks like Bieksa's salary goes to Manson. Vats is going to have to go in order to afford Montour.

I think we might have to choose one of Cogliano or Vatanen, but that doesn't have to be decided until the end of the season.

 

[Ducks in a row]

Too much IMO. Should of been something like 3.5 per year at most.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Spazkat]

Glad to see him locked up. It's at the high end of what I expected for him, but not unreasonable.

 

[Static]

I think we might have to choose one of Cogliano or Vatanen, but that doesn't have to be decided until the end of the season.

Not necessarily, but a big possibility.

Boll, Vermette, Beauch, and Maroon's cap hit are off the books next year as well, freeing up 3+ million right there.

All of that will be eaten up by Ritchie and Montour being re-signed though. So yeah, Cogs or Vatanen.

 

[Static]

We actually get a cap credit next year of around 340k from despres as well, which coupled with his 1.26 cap hit this year is another 1.5 off the books.

 

[rlstine]

Good deal. Ducks seem really hesitant to ever go to arbitration.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Not necessarily, but a big possibility.

Boll, Vermette, Beauch, and Maroon's cap hit are off the books next year as well, freeing up 3+ million right there.

All of that will be eaten up by Ritchie and Montour being re-signed though. So yeah, Cogs or Vatanen.

Unless Vats has a way, WAY better season, it has to be him that goes. We can replace him cheap. Cogs, well...we're already paper thin at forward as it is.

 

[McDonald19]

Vatanen for a young top 6 forward still makes sense. No rush to make the deal though, Summer 2018 is fine.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Contract is market value. You figure if he ever hit UFA one of those analytics based FO would give him a big contract. We also don't have another player like him

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Vatanen for a young top 6 forward still makes sense. No rush to make the deal though, Summer 2018 is fine.

Have a feeling we're going to be needing a top 6 player sooner than that.

 

[bumperkisser]

not a cheap contract but definitely don't think we overpaid by any means. we have no one like him in our lineup and i certainly love seeing those hits and him standing up for our guys.

 

[Ducks DVM]

You have to like getting core locked up proactively. It's a reasonable contract, after the last one was such a bargain. Which is typical BM.

 

[Ducksforcup]

Like the deal very much very fair contract for both parties involved.

 

[Paul4587]

A touch high for a guy who hasn't produced a huge amount of points but it's fair value given how good he is.

And yeah someone will need to go probably next offseason. That decision can hopefully wait until then though. I'm hoping Murray can extend Montour before he has the stats to justify a large raise.

 

[mightyquack]

Not a bargain, not an overpayment - but worth it to get him locked down early. Fowler/Lindholm/Manson/Vatanen all locked up long term (though I suspect Vatanen ends up shifted out), and Montour won't be far behind with a 2-3 year extension I would think. Good stuff.

Good deal. Ducks seem really hesitant to ever go to arbitration.

Not a surprise as it bit them in the ass last time they went there (with Wiz IIRC)