Confirmed with Link: Zack Smith signed to 4 year extension

[Cat Herder]

https://www.nhl.com/senators/news/sens-sign-zack-smith-to-four-year-contract-extension/c-286030206

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[HousePerseus]

Fair deal. I'm happy.

 

[bert]

I like it alot! 4 years 3.25 per.

 

[edguy]

I for one love this deal. I think losing smith is a bigger blow then people think

 

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

Great signing and a hometown discount. Less years AND salary than Beleskey or Clutterbuck.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Awesome. Always liked Smith, he's been a great middle 6 winger for us in the past 2 seasons.

 

[Tragedy]

For the way he has played the last 100 or so games, a great price

 

[Hale The Villain]

Fair deal. Thought he'd get closer to 4M with a weak free agent group + expansion this year.

Kind of disappointed we didn't wait till after expansion to re-sign him, but oh well. Just glad Smitty will be a Sen for another 4 years.

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

Like it a lot! I was expecting more. Nice to get this done early

 

[MaxTheLimit]

Smith could have gotten a lot more as a free agent. He clearly wanted to stay with the team. Moving forward, it's not a bad deal. He may not be a true 25 goal scorer, or even a regular 20 goal guy. However, he is quite versatile, and plays a big 200 foot game. Wins draws when needed, goes to the tough spots, and brings a lot of effort to each game. If he plays with Stone moving forward, his points will be decent enough as well.

EDIT - pointed out by someone on Twitter comparing Smith to Andrew Shaw. As good a comparison as any I suppose. Quite a bit less on less term for Smith. I don't think this deal hurts Sens in the long run. Or next year for that matter.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Definitely took a hometown discount on this one.

 

[Samsquanch]

Awesome deal. Anyone who says it's too much doesn't pay enough attention. Smith is a great hockey player.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Like the deal, but I would have rather waited until after the expansion draft.

 

[Tuna99]

Wow, I'm going to say Smith left $4 million on the table. He easily gets +$4 million in Free Agency.

Dorion doing a great job. Boucher doing a great job. Players doing a great job.

I'm guessing this means they trade Dzingel for talent. He's gone in the protection draft.

Dzingel, White, 1st and you suddenly have a package you can get a star player with.

 

[SensBrawler]

Definitely agree that he took a hometown discount, so I'm pretty happy with this deal.

Smith has improved so much over the past two past seasons that it would have sucked to lose him.

 

[Cosmix]

Great news. Now Dorion go get a true top of the line first line center.

 

[edguy]

Wow, I'm going to say Smith left $4 million on the table. He easily gets +$4 million in Free Agency.

Dorion doing a great job. Boucher doing a great job. Players doing a great job.

I'm guessing this means they trade Dzingel for talent. He's gone in the protection draft.

Dzingel, White, 1st and you suddenly have a package you can get a star player with.

I wouldnt go that far yet. Probably seal Lazars fate though.

We protect right now:
Turris
Stone
Hoffman
Brassard
Pageau
Smith
Dzingel

 

[Back in Black]

Definitely took a hometown discount on this one.

I agree!

 

[Boud]

Love me some Zack Smith

 

[Whippet]

Fantastic deal. One of the most valuable members of this team imo. He makes things tick.

 

[JD1]

wow! What a super deal for the team!

I am going to have to eat a lot of crow on this one. I figured looking at some of the recent comparables that he might push 5 AAV as a UFA if he hit 20 again this year.

Great deal for us! And very happy to have him signed.

 

[Tuna99]

Like the deal, but I would have rather waited until after the expansion draft.

Me too, be really tough on Dorin to wait. If he waits, he risks losing him. Smith waits, he risks Injury. I'm sure both sides left a ton on the table, money for Smith and roster flexibility with Dorion - but in the end we have a great player on a sweet contract that plays Boucher's system perfectly.

And to say to the players, if you excel, we will make you secure in Ottawa to me is the real kicker here. Dorion has gotten sweet deals of Ceci, Smith, he mined the amazing contract of Brassard.

Dorion wth straight A's so far as GM, but his next moves over the next 2 months will be key. He has an eye on cheap contracts, I'm betting we get Landeskog just because that deal is sweet and the player has so much leadership, he seems to be what Ottawa is about right now.

 

[Cosmix]

I wouldnt go that far yet. Probably seal Lazars fate though.

We protect right now:
Turris
Stone
Hoffman
Brassard
Pageau
Smith
Dzingel

And make Ryan available ? !

 

[Golden_Jet]

That's a great signing.

 

[Tuna99]

I wouldnt go that far yet. Probably seal Lazars fate though.

We protect right now:
Turris
Stone
Hoffman
Brassard
Pageau
Smith
Dzingel

Mendes was throwing out comparbales the other day, they came to the conclusion that Smith signs for minimum $4 million. And when you see the comparables, it's hard to deny he left millions on the table. At least 2 million and probably closer to $4 Million.