Confirmed with Link: 4 year extension for Michael Rasmussen (3.2 AAV)

[Snuggs]

What the heck. This is a big deal for an average fella. Good for him! IDK if he'd have gotten 4 years in the open market honestly.

He's doing good though, trying his dangest to pull off this Brain Boyle type forward 2.0.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

What the heck. This is a big deal for an average fella. Good for him! IDK if he'd have gotten 4 years in the open market honestly.

He's doing good though, trying his dangest to pull off this Brain Boyle type forward 2.0.

Someone would've given him 4x3.5 on the hope he'd be the next Tage Thompson. Never underestimate the NHL GM obsession with size.

 

[Hammettf2b]

At his draft position only like 50% of draftees even sniff the NHL.

Rasmussen drives me nuts because he could be so much more and I just feel like he isn't putting in the effort. He often shies away from contact and is timid. Plays softer than DeBrincat.

If he started consistently playing like his size I'd sing his praises.

That's what we all hoped Mantha would do. He is what he is. I doubt it changes.

 

[SoupGuru]

A scowl like that is not easily replaceable. Good signing. I still worry we don't have enough depth in the scowl department. I think Larkin has some talent there occasionally but it's spotty.

 

[Ezekial]

I approve

 

[Tatar Shots]

I love this AAV

 

[heyfolks]

MEH

I am either way on Rasmussen. The big body doesn't translate into a physical game, has very limited puck skills, passing, carrying or shooting but he plays a solid defensive game will chip in 25-35 points, with 10-15 goals.

As a blind man's observation, he seemed to have lost the physical part of his game Mickey embellished on game after game, after his injury. Hoping the insecurity of his contract ending put caution in his game (fearing injury). That fear now gone, he becomes more of the physical presence he was last season.

 

[odin1981]

Fair deal. Depending on the term I expected a 2.5 to 3.5 avg.

 

[Perfect Human]

Rasmussen will be 29 by the time this contract expires. He should be solidly in his prime and ready either for a market based raise or an actual salary increase due to his play. I still see him as a 50pt guy at some point during the contract he just signed.

I see people referencing Helm a bit but that is a wild comparison. Helm's 3.85M/yr contract would be a wrong comparison. That would be closer to what Copp or Compher got in terms of cap %.

Helm's 2012 contract at 2.15M was 3.54% of the overall cap.
Helm's 2016 Contract at 3.85M was 5.27% of the overall cap.

Rasmussen's contract 2024-2025 at 3.2M is 3.64% of the overall cap
Copp's contract was 6.82% at the time of signing (6.4% next year)
Compher's contract was 6.11% at the time of signing (5.8% next year)

This is a great contract overall and one that helps to paint a clear picture of the immediate core.

 

[dalem177]

Ras frustrates me because he's so weak on his skates but he's responsible defensively, can chip in some goals, and does add some physicality (though he can improve in that area). The term and AAV seems good.

He's really wrecked a few guys the last few games though.

 

[dalem177]

Mantha

 

[Bench]

What the heck. This is a big deal for an average fella. Good for him! IDK if he'd have gotten 4 years in the open market honestly.

He's doing good though, trying his dangest to pull off this Brain Boyle type forward 2.0.

Just for comparison, in 2014, UFA 30-year-old Brian Boyle was coming off an 18 point season (in 82 games) in New York when he signed a $2 million x 3 years in Tampa. Boyle made up 2.8% of the cap in 2014.

Ras is 24, coming off a 29 point season (in 56 games), 34 point pace this year, and his cap hit accounts for 3.6% of next year's cap.

Ras is significantly younger and more offensively productive than Boyle and is only going to take up 0.8% more cap next season. This is at worst fair and potentially a value deal for the Wings.

 

[Realgud]

I'm fine with this. I think Ras has shown he can be quite valuable. I hope he finds consistency to be at his best more often. He should be good in the playoffs. And as someone mentioned already, these 4 years should be right into his prime.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

He's really wrecked a few guys the last few games though.

I noticed last game he put a few guys into the boards hard. Need more of that!

 

[Bob Probert Owns You]

I'm good with it. Go, Ras.

 

[nbwingsfan]

At his draft position only like 50% of draftees even sniff the NHL.

Rasmussen drives me nuts because he could be so much more and I just feel like he isn't putting in the effort. He often shies away from contact and is timid. Plays softer than DeBrincat.

If he started consistently playing like his size I'd sing his praises.

While true, it’s in

At his draft position only like 50% of draftees even sniff the NHL.

Rasmussen drives me nuts because he could be so much more and I just feel like he isn't putting in the effort. He often shies away from contact and is timid. Plays softer than DeBrincat.

If he started consistently playing like his size I'd sing his praises.

While true, it’s inFuriating when Necas, Vilardi, Tippet and Suzuki were chosen directly after him

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Nothing to complain about here.

 

[Baszie]

 

[redwings25]

Dudes got some skill but seems to play on his heels to much. Big sob like him should floor check way harder And be a beast along the boards. Falls down from a brisk wind at times. Maybe a 7 game series could piss him off enough to start playing mean. He could be a beast.......

 

[Go Wings]

What are the odds that Steven Stamkos is in this chair on July 1?

Based on our cap space 0% chance Detroit signs Stamkos.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

While true, it’s inFuriating when Necas, Vilardi, Tippet and Suzuki were chosen directly after him

Yeah, but you can play that game with every draft.

Rasmussen was drafted a bit too high, but my issue has always been with Rasmussen the player, not the draft pick. At 9OA it's not worth getting wrapped up in bust vs not bust because the percentages after 5OA are pretty shit anyway. If the top 10 of every single draft were surefire hits the NHL would be a much different league.

Skating and balance can be improved and size can be leveraged. When I look at Rasmussen I don't see these areas improving from year to year. His defensive metrics are decent because he has a huge wingspan and can control a wide area of the ice, but he still isn't as effective as some guys much smaller than him.

I see flashes of a more physical game from him, but the fact remains that I haven't seen him move beyond the junior mentality of "I'm big, that's all I need". DeBrincat plays a harder game than Rasmussen. Smaller players regularly put him on his ass when they should be bouncing off of him.

This contract is Yzerman banking that he'll improve in these areas. I'll believe it when I see it. It's at least a contract that's not an albatross if he never becomes more than an inconsistent 25 point fourth liner and floats off the team in 4 years.

 

[saska sault]

Based on our cap space 0% chance Detroit signs Stamkos.

If Stamkos is available and wanted to play for Detroit, plenty of ways Yzerman could find cap space.

 

[Dotter]

Potential steal by Yzerman. Ras is a guy that has a lot more to his game waiting to break out.

 

[Henkka]

I mean I love this deal, but he's not getting more than Copp/Compher if he were UFA lol.

Sometimes I think people just forget that the cap goes up and contracts increase accordingly lol.

Why compare RFA Rasmussen to UFAs Copp/Compher?

Those aren't comparable at all.

When Rasmussen will hit UFA, THEN we can compare his next UFA deal for Copp/Compher deals.

 

[DamonDRW]

It is hilarious that some people here always find a way to complain about every signing. It is almost like they don't want to see us winning.

This is really fair contract for a good and somewhat unique player. I like it a lot. There are a lot of teams that would issue this money to Ras without thinking twice.