Confirmed with Link: OEL Signs 8 year Extension (8.25 AAV)

[IPreferPi]

Gotta keep in mind with Hedman's deal: He signed that contract before he put up a 72 point season and went to another level offensively. Before that season, his career high in points was exactly the same as Ollie's, 55.

Certainly within the realm of possibility OEL also finds another level offensively after resigning too.

 

[azcanuck]

We have not seen the best of OEL. He is a marquee D in this league with unique skills. He gets exposed on a weak team because we have a lot of forwards who do not know how to play a two way game. This puts undue pressure on OEL.
When we improve, and I'm assuming we have an upward trajectory , you will see OEL play to his potential which is the ceiling is very high.

 

[cobra427]

We have not seen the best of OEL. He is a marquee D in this league with unique skills. He gets exposed on a weak team because we have a lot of forwards who do not know how to play a two way game. This puts undue pressure on OEL.
When we improve, and I'm assuming we have an upward trajectory , you will see OEL play to his potential which is the ceiling is very high.

D partners Z/Murphy/Demers too, that will hold you back. Pair him with a healthy Hammer and see what happens.

 

[TheLegend]

Dreger doesn’t think $8M will do it.

Dreger on Ekman-Larsson contract extension negotiations

 

[IPreferPi]

Dreger can go suck an egg.

 

[mouser]

Dreger doesn’t think $8M will do it.

Dreger on Ekman-Larsson contract extension negotiations

I'm expecting $8.5 to $9.0m myself.

 

[IPreferPi]

I'll guess 8.25-8.5M with an NTC.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Dreger doesn’t think $8M will do it.

Dreger on Ekman-Larsson contract extension negotiations

Agent talk....

 

[rt]

Sensationalist clickbait from Dreger. Morgan already said it'll be 8+ but in the 8 range. So let's just pretend it's 8.25 per year. Morgan would still be correct. Dreger says it's in the 8-9 range. So, if it's 8.25 he'd also be correct. The part that sucks about what Dreger is doing is where he's acting like 64m is spitting in OEL's face but 68m would be just fine. That since there's no chance OEL takes 64m, the Coyotes are going to have to trade him. It's nonsense. It's also probably going to be 66m with a NMC. Then Dreger will get to say "I told you so" when he's just full of hot air, and added nothing to the conversation that wasn't already part of the Morgan article. Dreger doesn't have any business sticking his nose in this. It's just a petty attempt to shit on Morgan and shit on the Coyotes. The Canadian media just can't fathom that OEL would re-sign here, rather than be traded to Toronto for Connor Carrick, Josh Leivo, and a 2nd round pick.

 

[rt]

Agent talk....

It's not. That was Dreger just supposing things from the perspective of the agent. The agent had nothing to do with that. He was playing pretend.

 

[rt]

I'll guess 8.25-8.5M with an NTC.

I'm guessing 66m with a NMC.

 

[IPreferPi]

I'm guessing 66m with a NMC.

66M/8 years = 8.25M. Not absolutely certain about the full NMC, which is why I went more conservative with an NTC of some sort.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Dreger doesn’t think $8M will do it.

Dreger on Ekman-Larsson contract extension negotiations

Dreger's credibility is zero on this. He's just parroting the Toronto theory that OEL is bound for the Leafs.

 

[BigDoaner]

Just playing around- nightmare scinario: oel and Chayka can’t hash out a deal

Tocchet:
“I’d like another center, another top-five defenseman and a scoring wing, probably in that order.”

- Trade OEL to Toronto for Nylander (can play C/is a scoring winger)
- Draft Hughes at 5 (top 5 d)
- Sign John Carlson (replace OEL’s production)

Panik - Stepan - Keller
Domi - Strome - Nylander
Perlini - Dvorak - Fischer
Crouse - Kruger - Cousins

Chychrun - Carlson
Hughes - Hjalmarsson
Goligoski - Demers

Raanta
Keumper

 

[azcanuck]

D partners Z/Murphy/Demers too, that will hold you back. Pair him with a healthy Hammer and see what happens.

Demers is just brutal.
We took the wrong player off Florida last season.
Vegas took the right ones (and the coach).

 

[rt]

Just playing around- nightmare scinario: oel and Chayka can’t hash out a deal

Tocchet:
“I’d like another center, another top-five defenseman and a scoring wing, probably in that order.”

- Trade OEL to Toronto for Nylander (can play C/is a scoring winger)
- Draft Hughes at 5 (top 5 d)
- Sign John Carlson (replace OEL’s production)

Panik - Stepan - Keller
Domi - Strome - Nylander
Perlini - Dvorak - Fischer
Crouse - Kruger - Cousins

Chychrun - Carlson
Hughes - Hjalmarsson
Goligoski - Demers

Raanta
Keumper

I can live with that but I don’t think there’s anyway in hell you could convince Carlson to sign here. Unless you’re willing to give him something very close to the deal we offered OEL. Maybe not 8x8 but something like 7x7. Even then, I don’t know if he’d go for it.

 

[RABBIT]

Demers is just brutal.
We took the wrong player off Florida last season.
Vegas took the right ones (and the coach).

I'm not following you

 

[Jamieh]

Sensationalist clickbait from Dreger. Morgan already said it'll be 8+ but in the 8 range. So let's just pretend it's 8.25 per year. Morgan would still be correct. Dreger says it's in the 8-9 range. So, if it's 8.25 he'd also be correct. The part that sucks about what Dreger is doing is where he's acting like 64m is spitting in OEL's face but 68m would be just fine. That since there's no chance OEL takes 64m, the Coyotes are going to have to trade him. It's nonsense. It's also probably going to be 66m with a NMC. Then Dreger will get to say "I told you so" when he's just full of hot air, and added nothing to the conversation that wasn't already part of the Morgan article. Dreger doesn't have any business sticking his nose in this. It's just a petty attempt to **** on Morgan and **** on the Coyotes. The Canadian media just can't fathom that OEL would re-sign here, rather than be traded to Toronto for Connor Carrick, Josh Leivo, and a 2nd round pick.

It's actually Dreger's job to poke his nose in this??? And i don't recall seeing anyone report an OEL to Toronto scenerio. Would they approach him if he was a free agent? Of course they would. I've seen more talk here of a Toronto trade than anywhere.

 

[Matias Maccete]

I'm not following you

He was brutal at the beginning of the year, but he really picked his game up as the season went on.

 

[rt]

It's actually Dreger's job to poke his nose in this??? And i don't recall seeing anyone report an OEL to Toronto scenerio. Would they approach him if he was a free agent? Of course they would. I've seen more talk here of a Toronto trade than anywhere.

Oh? Nothing at all spurious about his presentation? Regurgitating exactly Morgan’s article but with the exact opposite tone. Logic defying sensationalism.

 

[Mosby]

I can live with that but I don’t think there’s anyway in hell you could convince Carlson to sign here. Unless you’re willing to give him something very close to the deal we offered OEL. Maybe not 8x8 but something like 7x7. Even then, I don’t know if he’d go for it.

I think Carlson gets 7x7 regardless of what team. Coming off of a career year and the best RD on the market by far.

 

[Jamieh]

Oh? Nothing at all spurious about his presentation? Regurgitating exactly Morgan’s article but with the exact opposite tone. Logic defying sensationalism.

So now Morgan is the voice we judge others by? Dreger's job is to be an insider, he did just that with this presentation. He does it with pretty much every player in a similar situation including Leafs like Nylander and Matthews. If you don't like him simply don't read it.

 

[hbk]

The only writer with his finger on the pulse on AZ is Morgan.

Take Dregers comments as more of a "it's not final; the number will be higher" which is "no shit" statement at best.

If Dreger is acting as a mouthpiece it's for another team that is trying to say that OEL is leaving $ on the table. I don't believe negotiations are as much contentious as they are collaborative. OEL has been surprisingly candid about wanting to stay. If numbers are where Morgan states it we are closer to a resolution than a trade at the draft.

 

[Jamieh]

The only writer with his finger on the pulse on AZ is Morgan.

Take Dregers comments as more of a "it's not final; the number will be higher" which is "no ****" statement at best.

Dreger's comments were as much about OEL's camp and what they expect as they were about how AZ would react. I think he spent the last couple weeks rather close to where you might hear these type of conversations. That is still all meaningless though as essentially OEL is kinda in full control of where he wants to live and play for the most part and how far he wants to push it. And what's wrong with talking about how AZ will react if he pushes it too far??

 

[hbk]

Dreger's comments were as much about OEL's camp and what they expect as they were about how AZ would react. I think he spent the last couple weeks rather close to where you might hear these type of conversations. That is still all meaningless though as essentially OEL is kinda in full control of where he wants to live and play for the most part and how far he wants to push it. And what's wrong with talking about how AZ will react if he pushes it too far??

Nothing. I just think it's closer to done than Dreger. My opinion.