Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] Tom Wilson (6 years, 5.17M AAV)

[Starat327]

I wonder if theres a certain percentage of his contract that the Capitals just automatically deposit to Ov and/or Backstrom's account?

 

[WannabeFinn]

To all the stat checking NHL fans out there, he would have gotten 5 million on the open market easily. Tom Wilson is more than fighter. He opens up the ice for Kuzy and OV.

 

[zharkenby]

Makes the Ross Johnston contract look like one of the best in the league. This guy isn’t Marchand, he’s just a goon. Might be the worst contract in the nhl

 

[Empoleon8771]

It's like saying that Patty Maroon is a top-6 forward just because he gelled with Getzlaf and Perry and was a good road cone for McDavid to bounce pucks off of.

I'd say you can argue Maroon is more of a top-6 forward than Wilson is, and Maroon has had multiple 40 point seasons to his name. He hasn't had a contract worth more than $2 million a season.

 

[Sherwood71]

You're assuming the cap goes up exponentially. It's not going to increase by $5M every season.

 

[PB12]

Best part is the Caps fans defending this. Thread is already a brilliant candidate for a bump in a few years.

I remember people saying that about the Oshie deal last year. Look what happened. Wait and see what happens boys.

 

[boredmale]

Power forwards take longer to develop so this deal can look pretty good in a year or 2 if his playoff performance becomes the norm

 

[danielpalfredsson]

You're assuming the cap goes up exponentially. It's not going to increase by $5M every season.

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[WSS11]

I feel a little better about the Kane signing now

 

[Maplebeasts]

The term doesn't bother me as much as the cap hit. He just turned 24 a few months back so this contract runs out when he's 30 so you'll get him through his prime. The cap hit is insane though for a role player. His career high is 35 points. He's never going to be a 50-60 point player.

I disagree. He's only posted one season with more than 40 points. Paying Wilson that much money for 6 years is awful seeing what kind of a player he was until the playoffs this year. The term makes the contract borderline untradeable should he revert to his career normal numbers

 

[Empoleon8771]

Makes the Ross Johnston contract look like one of the best in the league. This guy isn’t Marchand, he’s just a goon. Might be the worst contract in the nhl

He's not a bad player, let's not morph this. He's just a 3rd liner that fits well on a scoring line, but he's being paid like a borderline top line player. He makes nearly the same as Hornqvist and only $600k less than Oshie, who are both insanely better players who signed as UFAs.

The crazy thing here is that if this is what they settled on, what did Wilson want originally? He held out for like a month, what was his original ask?

 

[phillipmike]

5.17M per?

Almost 1 million for every goal he scores.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I'd say you can argue Maroon is more of a top-6 forward than Wilson is, and Maroon has had multiple 40 point seasons to his name. He hasn't had a contract worth more than $2 million a season.

Hyman is another good comparable. Weak talent playing on the top line with two great players, and he signed for 2.25 for 4 years. This contract is mind-blowing to say the least. I don't understand why Caps fans are happy with it

 

[ForsbergForever]

Goon that can score a bit making $5.1 million... I guess Bob Probert would be making $10 million if he were in the league these days.

 

[Caps8112]

I've been a tom hater but he was easily the 2nd or 3rd most important player on the team. Kuzy looks like the man but how much of all that freewheeling space was created by Tom and ovi. Hoping he continues to grow

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Power forwards take longer to develop so this deal can look pretty good in a year or 2 if his playoff performance becomes the norm

Would you say that it is more reasonable that his ~400 regular season games are actually what he is or his ~20 playoff games?

 

[airgordo]

David Clarkson

I think this is even worse than the clarkson deal

 

[1specter]

LOL this is almost as bad as Clarkson, and at least Clarkson scored 30 goals. Contracts like these make me appreciate Kadri's deal that much more.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Almost a million per career goal:

31 million dollar contract
35 career goals (5 seasons)

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

bryan bickell syndrome

You beat me to it.
Somewhere Bryan is smiling!

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I've been a tom hater but he was easily the 2nd or 3rd most important player on the team. Kuzy looks like the man but how much of all that freewheeling space was created by Tom and ovi. Hoping he continues to grow

 

[Mikeaveli]

Yikes lol

 

[Devilsfan92]

David Clarkson

Lite

At least Clarkson hit 30 GOALS before his payday.

 

[Carlzner]

It's gonna be fun bumping this thread next season.

He's gonna put up 40-50 points playing consistently on that top line. He was a monster in the playoffs once he got a shot with 8 and 92.

 

[Tripod]

To all the stat checking NHL fans out there, he would have gotten 5 million on the open market easily. Tom Wilson is more than fighter. He opens up the ice for Kuzy and OV.

You talk like people don't know who Wilson is. He should be paid 3.5 million.

What I find odd, is it wasn't even a nice even number...like 30 million over 6 years. It's 31,o20,ooo. Some crazy negotiating! Good on his agent.