Confirmed Signing with Link: [MTL] Nicolas Deslauriers signs extension (2 years, $950K AAV)

[Jakomyte]

What leverage did he have to get a 2-year deal? The guy has played a nice 30 games but why do the Habs have to sign a 4th liner for anything more than a year?

 

[Kairi Zaide]

D'Lo has been really good with the habs.
7 goals and 10 pts in 36 games

 

[rhinoshawarma]

What leverage did he have to get a 2-year deal? The guy has played a nice 30 games but why do the Habs have to sign a 4th liner for anything more than a year?

You're right, our cap room is a complete mess because of this. That extra year is a huge handicap...

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

If only we'd kept Deslauriers, surely that would fix all our problems.
Guy was absolutely atrocious in Buffalo -- didn't even look like he belonged in the NHL. If the Habs are happy with him, cool, but I'm glad he's not here anymore.

This signing is good for us, he's in our division.

 

[rent free]

shoulda signed on his birthday which is in 3 days

 

[Hostile Offer]

Yes, he has been terrible in the past but has somehow been a good 4th liner this year. I doubt he's going to repeat the hot stretch he had in December but this contract can't hurt.

 

[theghost1]

Good signing maybe he will beat up Tom Wilson again.

 

[Vachon23]

And you don't know how much I don't give a sh** of the advanced stats for a 4th liner grinder

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

I guess players like dlo walk a very fine line between useful and useless, he doesn't have the talent to not play at full speed all the time. If he keeps playing hard all the time, he'll be good.

 

[schnapshot]

Wow... When you have to point out a player's WAR/82 to trash him, you know you're really desperate

Good cheap signing, local guy who showed lots of passion this season.

 

[Jannik Hansen]

hahaahah. MTL totally going to be SC contenders soon with players like D'Lo playing regular minutes. Tank years incoming?

I’m familiar with his poor reputation from Buffalo, but every game I’ve watched of Montreal’s this year (about 10 or so) their 4th line has been one of their best lines with D’lo leading the way.

 

[Deam78]

Great depth signing.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

War per 82....jesus

i dont blame people for trashing analytics

 

[domiwroze]

Can you find me the stats about hard work and emotions per 82?

 

[le_sean]

And after Deslauriers was it every other member of the Sabres?

 

[bryan1966]

Bargin Bin at work again! All he is capable of doing is signing fourth liners, he has no idea what skilled players look like but usually the guys he hates are the players with skills!

Needs to make sure the Francophone players are signed, incoming Danault 6 years 25 million, Hudon 6 years 24 million!

 

[GordonGraham]

Whats the point of this they didnt even dress him in their last 2 games

 

[schnapshot]

Needs to make sure the Francophone players are signed, incoming Danault 6 years 25 million, Hudon 6 years 24 million!

Deslauriers would be signed regardless of the francophone factor. Same with Danault and Hudon.

 

[Jakomyte]

You're right, our cap room is a complete mess because of this. That extra year is a huge handicap...

I never said the contract would handicap the team, just that I don't see the point in signing depth players to term. These guys get shuffled around every year, what's the point?

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

I never said the contract would handicap the team, just that I don't see the point in signing depth players to term. These guys get shuffled around every year, what's the point?

2 years is nothing.
Hes also getting paid less than 1 million so we could just bury him in the minors without any problem if he plays bad

 

[Fazkovsky]

I think I could live with it

We severely lack some size on all lines

He isn’t just a pure goon he can score 10 + a year

He is still young too but I woulda gave him a 2 way because there is a logjam on the bottom 6 . A guy like Carr needs to play

 

[didimentionlarseller]

more barely 4th liners - the Bergevin special

bump him to 1C

we won't even get rid of De La Rose , because we are probably focusing the rebuild around him

 

[Never]

Why did you post a tweet from a kid who looks 12?

 

[Moskau]

Deslauriers was statistically the worst forward in the league 3 seasons in a row as a Sabres player. This season Johan Larsson is the worst forward in the league. It's almost as if Buffalo makes bad players look even worse than they are.

 

[Captain97]

I am in favour of the hometown guys in cases like this. Fourth liners. They give their heart and soul every game because they are small names and they truly care about the Jersey they are wearing.