Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] F Tom Wilson signs extension with the Capitals (7 years, $6.5M AAV)

[Brian23]

Longer then I thought, cheaper then I thought. All in all not bad.

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

The bigger breaking news is you beat MMC to it!

 

[centipede2233]

Let’s hope this 3rd contract ages better then the backstrom one….

 

[Brian23]

The bigger breaking news is you beat MMC to it!

God bless AWS days in the DMV.

 

[Burkeocet]

Good on them for keeping him. That contract will be brutal though and anchor him to a rebuilder.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Will be a good deal for 2 years then he will become either the biggest boat anchor or LTIR.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Length is tough but aav is good

 

[TheBigLetowski]

Next Caps Captain after OVI breaks the record.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Damn that’s a thank you for your service contract. Good for Wilson for securing his retirement.

 

[542365]

That seems like a horrible contract for a guy whose game is going to age like milk and is already dealing with injuries.

 

[mr figgles]

Looks bad to me. He’s at the age where guys like him fall off completely. It can come fast.

 

[Maukkis]

Rising cap going to good use here, certainly.

What a dogshit contract.

 

[StuckOutHere]

No one actually plays out these contracts anymore so should be good for the caps!

 

[Brian23]

That seems like a horrible contract for a guy whose game is going to age like milk and is already dealing with injuries.

Dealing with injuries...?

The guy who's had only two real injuries his entire career, came back from a torn ACL this year and put up 22 in 33 on a God awful team...?

Like I get he's gonna be old when this is done, but people really think Wilson's a year from being out of the league and it's wild too me.

 

[BonMorrison]

Giving term to a power forward that'll be 30 next year, what could possibly go wrong!

 

[Glorydays22]

LOL, I guess Lou isn't the only one who likes giving out 7 year deals.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Wow. Great player but good luck with that.

 

[FlameChampion]

I dont think this is going to age well, but not sure the capitals are really going anywhere in the next while anyway.

 

[max21]

Love all the “what could go wrong” comments. Meanwhile there was 7 proposal threads on him this summer trying to acquire him

 

[ovikovy817]

Haters gonna hate.

6.5 not bad for the Caps.

 

[BonMorrison]

Love all the “what could go wrong” comments. Meanwhile there was 7 proposal threads on him this summer trying to acquire him

Wilson being good for the next year or two or three and being bad down the line can both be true.

 

[DrDangles]

Dudes gonna be LTIR'd by 33-34 anyway

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

This will age like milk.

My guess is he eventually goes LTIRetirement as a coyote. Why not make it 8 years?

 

[Over the volcano]

He's part of their identity as a club and will be even more so when Ovi retires. The length might not make sense on the ice years from now but off it and in the business of the organization it's got a logic to it.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Worth more than 6.5 million for the next 3 years. So either pay more up front or deal with a long term.

Can't be trading away a legit top line winger when you got Ovechkin