Confirmed with Link: Wiercioch signed 3 years, AAV $2million

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SensChirp ‏@SensChirp 2m
Bryan Murray crosses another item off his To Do List, signing RFA defenceman Patrick Wiercioch to a three year contract. #Sens

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[McManked]

Add "Confirmed With Link".

This is awesome though.

Where will that bring him? His last year of RFA?

 

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2m AAV

 

[MainDotC]

Well guess Murray is convinced he's the real deal.

 

[McManked]

That's what I was hoping for!

Excellent deal!

 

[Caje]

2m AAV

Way too much for him.

 

[The Fuhr*]

Whatever he gets... Give Cowen 1.0 more over the same term and call it a day

 

[McManked]

Way too much for him.

Wat.

 

[Caje]

Wat.

Faced the weakest competition and still had major defensive lapses.

 

[Deku]

Nice.

Now sign Cowen.

 

[The Fuhr*]

Way too much for him.

It's how much players like him make now

Cowen will prob get 3/9 (3.0 cap hit)

 

[GK]

Faced the weakest competition and still had major defensive lapses.

Much like Erik Karlsson in his first year

 

[McManked]

Faced the weakest competition and still had major defensive lapses.

I'm not sure what to say.

He essentially put up a 10 goal, 40 point pace over the course of a full season. I'd like to remind people that by the end of his contract, the salary cap will be more than double what it was in 2005-06. People still hold on to annual values from that era, but it's time to give their head a shake. A player worth $1 000 000 then is now worth $2 000 000.

This is a great deal for Ottawa.

 

[Smash88]

Not a bad deal.. But this means Cowen is getting 3 million/per+ for sure...

 

[McManked]

Not a bad deal.. But this means Cowen is getting 3 million/per+ for sure...

Which is fine...

 

[Caje]

People still hold on to annual values from that era, but it's time to give their head a shake. A player worth $1 000 000 then is now worth $2 000 000.

This is a great deal for Ottawa.

You're probably right. Player contracts are ridiculous now.

Not a big fan of Wiercioch, hopefully he gets better defensively.

 

[Micklebot]

Whatever he gets... Give Cowen 1.0 more over the same term and call it a day

contracts tend to favour offensive production. I think you could get Cowen to sign at closer to the same amount, espesially with with comparables like Alzner out there (it's a little outdated, but his 2nd contract was 1.285 per year, paying Cowen more than double that seems a bit much).

 

[GK]

Not a bad deal.. But this means Cowen is getting 3 million/per+ for sure...

Which is very fair for a top 3 defenceman.

 

[McManked]

You're probably right. Player contracts are ridiculous now.

Not a big fan of Wiercioch, hopefully he gets better defensively.

You do realize that the players make less % of total league revenues than they did in 05/06?

They took a cut percentage wise. The reason they are making much more money is because the league is making much more money.

 

[Smash88]

Which is fine...

Not saying it's not, I just wonder though the term now.. Can't see it being longer than this one.

So yeah I guess somewhere around the 3 yr / 9 - 10 million area

 

[Super Cake]

 

[McManked]

contracts tend to favour offensive production. I think you could get Cowen to sign at closer to the same amount, espesially with with comparables like Alzner out there (it's a little outdated, but his 2nd contract was 1.285 per year, paying Cowen more than double that seems a bit much).

You're in for a disappointment if you think Cowen is signing anything less than 2.5 per.

I'm hoping he gets 3.0 until a year before UFA.

 

[McManked]

Nice smile there Tim.

EDIT: What a stud.

 

[ErikKarlsson]

Awesome, can't wait to see how he's improved next year.

 

[Benjamin]

Sweet deal. 2mil for someone that can be a #4 or better is great.