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

[cobra427]

Most long term contracts are regrettable.

They paid market value, and maybe OEL would get more next summer as a UFA. Of course that would depend on his production this year. We have to keep our best players if they are top 2D or 1C/2C/elite wing especially, just too hard to develop or trade for. We should have kept Yandle, we didn't get much for him, he was a solid Coyote and our PP was great. Hanzal was injury prone, I get why we passed. We need to keep Keller too, assuming his career turns out to be what it could be based on last year.

I can see long term last few years being an over payment, but that is what you have to do to keep a home grown 1D.

 

[lanky]

He'll be 28 when he first plays under this contract and 35 when it expires. I feel pretty good about that. I think a 35 year old OEL can be a very good dman.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Full NMC
Full NMC

Tell those guys from OEL's hometown to come up with some half-kachina half-Sweden jerseys

 

[Mosby]

So glad he signed and we don't have to go through all the Tavares horseshit. Thank you Oliver.

 

[YotesFan47]

So glad he signed and we don't have to go through all the Tavares horse****. Thank you Oliver.

I feel for NYI fans right now, not only is Tavares gone but many TML fans are just piling on dirt. I'd have to boycott the board for 3 months if that happened to us.

 

[XX]

I feel for NYI fans right now, not only is Tavares gone but many TML fans are just piling on dirt. I'd have to boycott the board for 3 months if that happened to us.

Leafs fans are the worst in the league, just like the Yankees or Cowboys.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

We can make a yellow jersey with 3 small Kachinas on the front.

 

[rt]

Shocked that we’re front loading like that on both deals. Forget about adding any more salary this summer or next. Wow.

 

[SniperHF]

Shocked that we’re front loading like that on both deals. Forget about adding any more salary this summer or next. Wow.

If they were serious about JVR they would have added more salary already right?
OEL's doesn't seem all that front loaded anyway, seems sort of mid-loaded? First 2 years are only 1M more than he's getting next year.

Stepan does get cheaper too, he goes from 7M real bucks last year to 6>5>5

 

[TheLegend]

Shocked that we’re front loading like that on both deals. Forget about adding any more salary this summer or next. Wow.

Not just that..... you have all the ELCs coming due over the next two years.

 

[RABBIT]

I am very interested to see when captaincy is announced. Hope it's still him.

 

[FinnishCoyote]

I am very interested to see when captaincy is announced. Hope it's still him.

OEL really deserves it. Hope its announced soon

 

[Grvmnd]

Yah it's getting a little awkward at this point. King the man.

 

[rt]

Watched the OEL donates to the Boys and Girls club video and it made me really wish we’d hire Doan as a prospect development coach or some such thing. Some job where he just helps mould youngsters into fine upstanding premium people.

 

[Prarievarg]

Watched the OEL donates to the Boys and Girls club video and it made me really wish we’d hire Doan as a prospect development coach or some such thing. Some job where he just helps mould youngsters into fine upstanding premium people.

Maybe then we could draft for skill and teach premium, not the other way around.