Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] Evgeny Kuznetsov re-signs (8 years, $7.8M AAV)

[CBJWerenski8]

Love Kuzzy, good for the NHL for keeping him.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Seems fair if he can be close to a ppg guy. Why'd his numbers dip to 59 points this year? His playoffs leave a lot to be desired too. Although caps have no choice $8M is a lot for him. I don't think he's better than Tarasenko who makes less.

 

[Canadian Game]

Who left does Washington needs to resign?

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/capitals

 

[Bob Cole]

 

[jetsforever]

All these massive contracts are getting me concerned for our upcoming players
Seems a bit high but good to lock up Kuz

 

[Extra Texture]

Holy ****. I thought he would get 6.5m, or 7m maybe. That is a lot of money. Wow.

 

[bryan1966]

they keep digging themselves into a hole they need to sign 7 more players with 4.6 cap space. average 650k per player.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

So they have 4.656M left for at least Burakovsky, Grubauer, 4 more forwards and 2 more D (signings or call-ups)?

I personally think they trade Grubauer. They thought he was going to Vegas for a long time i think, so it'll make it easier to trade him. Probably roll with Copley as the backup.

But yeah something has to give. Burakovsky takes a few million and even if you fill the roster from the inside they don't have enough cap space.

Have to wonder if they're trying to dump Orpik somewhere. Maybe in a package deal with Grubauer to Arizona or something.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Ouch!

 

[Randy Butternubs]

What a turkey.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

The cap is 75 million now. Get with times and stop overreacting to every signing.

That's precisely it...6 years ago it was 64 million. Cap isn't exactly going up fast anymore yet the contracts are becoming exorbitant.

 

[Vagrant]

Somewhere Leon Draisaitl is smiling from ear to ear.

 

[Drew4u]

8 million for 60 points... wow.

 

[SB84]

Rather have Tarasenko

 

[Master Scheif]

Wow that is steep

 

[Hictor Vedman*]

Free agency frenzy is still a thing. Just... it's more so the old geezers edition and bloated resignings.

 

[Mr Positive]

at first I liked this as a comparable for Draisaitl, but now I'm not so sure. Drai almost had 30 goals this year, better than Kuz ever did, and Kuz never had a playoffs as good as Drai just had either. Ugg. The 8 million + figure could be realistic lol. What a world.

 

[BlueDream]

The cap is 75 million now. Get with times and stop overreacting to every signing.

What a terribly irrelevant argument.

 

[Empoleon8771]

That's not that bad of a contract (it's higher than what I expected), but the Capitals are making themselves ridiculously top heavy while their top of the lineup isn't good enough to make them win a cup.

 

[BusQuets]

This is ugly. Sorry Caps.

 

[satbank]

So which big contract is next?

Who's still unsigned?

 

[shaner8989]

8 mill for 19 goals

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

at first I liked this as a comparable for Draisaitl, but now I'm not so sure. Drai almost had 30 goals this year, better than Kuz ever did, and Kuz never had a playoffs as good as Drai just had either. Ugg. The 8 million + figure could be realistic lol. What a world.

This pretty much guarantees Draisaitl at 8+. Expecting him to get 8.5M if oilers want 8 years.

 

[ColdSteel2]

8 mill for 19 goals

Them dangles tho! Yeah, this was dumb, can't imagine what Panarin gets next year, probably 9M

 

[TheDizee]

lol caps just dont ever learn.