Confirmed with Link: Leafs re-sign Connor Brown (3 years; $2.1 AAV)

[leafsrule123]

As per Leafs PR twitter account

Unreal deal

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[Jimmy Firecracker]

That's honestly very surprising given what he did this year. With room to improve this contract could look like a steal.

 

[wam_raven]

waiting for the Jeff Finger moment when we all clue in.... "It's 6.3 per...?"


great deal otherwise!

 

[Mr Hockey]

 

[Muston Atthews]

Lol wtf? How does he make less than Hyman? Great for the Leafs though

 

[Menzinger]

Excellent deal, glad this last loose end has been sorted out.

Makes that's Hymen deal look a lot worse by comparison though.

 

[Cor]

Amazing deal

 

[Canada4Gold]

S. T. E. A. L.

 

[FlareKnight]

Well done Lou. Patience is worth it. Got him to a great deal. Only for 3 years, but good. Keeps his cost low for the present and gives him plenty to work for going ahead.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Haha what?

Nylander now pretty please.

Hymans deal looks worse though.

 

[Pi]

What a steal for a 20 goal scorer. Wouldn't put it past him at all to get 45-50 points next season even without PP time.

People who will inevitably compare this to Hyman contact: Hyman's contract bought out UFA years that's why he was slightly more expensive. Brown remains RFA (I believe) after this but it doesn't buy any UFA years so he's got a bigger contract coming his way in 3 years.

 

[Moncherry]

Poor guy is getting robbed lol

 

[Canada4Gold]

This more than makes up for Hyman making too much. Consider this the last time I will ever mention Hyman's deal as a complaint. We're even.

Figured he'd get 3 years. Not this cheap but the term is expected. 3 cheap years, then he gets to RFA with 1 RFA year left and you make the decision on what you can afford to do from there. Resign long term for lots of money, or trade and replace internall depending on internal replacements and cap space. Pretty much a perfect scenario

 

[A4T1L6]

he really loves this team

 

[Advanced stats]

F ing steal!

 

[Woodman19]

Amazing cap hit for a short term deal. He's an RFA after it too?

 

[Pi]

This more than makes up for Hyman making too much. Consider this the last time I will ever mention Hyman's deal as a complaint. We're even.

Figured he'd get 3 years. Not this cheap but the term is expected. 3 cheap years, then he gets to RFA with 1 RFA year left and you make the decision on what you can afford to do from there. Resign long term for lots of money, or trade and replace internall depending on internal replacements and cap space. Pretty much a perfect scenario

Yep. We are golden no matter what. If Connor Brown is worth big money in the future, he will also fetch a lot in a trade if we can't afford him.

 

[BM14]

 

[BertCorbeau]

Love it.

 

[Steven1562]

It's a prove yourself type contract. Leafs get a 20 goal scorer on a super cheap cap hit. Brown gets to work towards a bigger contract. It's a win-win on both sides. Can't believe Hyman got paid more.

 

[Terrible GM]

Excellent deal, glad this last loose end has been sorted out.

Makes that's Hymen deal look a lot worse by comparison though.

Players always tend to get more for a longer term. Not sure I agree it makes the Hyman deal look worse. Both players have value in different areas.

You wont find many NHL forwards under 2 million who are exceptional PK's and puck retrievers.

 

[BertCorbeau]

It's a prove yourself type contract. Leafs get a 20 goal scorer on a super cheap cap hit. Brown gets to work towards a bigger contract. It's a win-win on both sides. Can't believe Hyman got paid more.

It's a bridge deal that Brown will still be a RFA at the end of it.

Hyman is 2 years away from UFA, so they paid for it with a higher AAV over the 4 year term since they bought out 2 UFA years. Contract status is important.

 

[Shanty]

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The Hyman hit count has to be over 10 already lol I feel like it needs to be stickied at the top that Hymans deal bought out UFA years.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

It's a prove yourself type contract. Leafs get a 20 goal scorer on a super cheap cap hit. Brown gets to work towards a bigger contract. It's a win-win on both sides. Can't believe Hyman got paid more.

Hyman is older and I am pretty sure we bought UFA years.

It's about what I expected for him.

Komarov got a 4x2.95 mill deal and he's not really any different overall. Hyman is a better PKer and forechecker, Komarov is more physical and maybe a little bit better offensively. Both about equal defensively.

We just got a great deal, but we did not buy UFA years. At the same time, he's still an RFA at the end so we can give him a 5+ year deal after that for a better cap hit. 3 mill would have still been a great deal for him though, so 900k less is amazing.