Rumor: Alexander Edler: 3, maybe 4-year deal imminent, AAV $5.0 - $5.5M, no Expansion Draft protection

[Hit the post]

Loui's ass now and he's still making the same amount of money.

Loui was, is, ALWAYS be ass with the Canucks. At least with Edler, you’ll know we’ll get at least a couple good years out of him,

 

[mathonwy]

Loui was, is, ALWAYS be ass with the Canucks. At least with Edler, you’ll know we’ll get at least a couple good years out of him,

Yup.

Alex bleeds Canuck colors and I trust him to do everything in his power to enable the success of our next generation hockey stars for the team that drafted him.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Expecting the worst, 4 years 24 Million

Hoping for the best, 3 years 10 Million

 

[canuckfan75]

Satiar Shah is saying on twitter he is hearing 3 years - $15 million

the only thing holding it up is Edler wanting a NMC which the Canucks have no interest as they would have to protect him from Seattle in 2021

 

[Peter Griffin]

5 years, $27.5M is what I expect. Hoping for 3 years, $18M.

 

[Blue and Green]

Satiar Shah is saying on twitter he is hearing 3 years - $15 million

the only thing holding it up is Edler wanting a NMC which the Canucks have no interest as they would have to protect him from Seattle in 2021

Give him NMC for two years, NTC the third year.

 

[Breakers]

3 years = 264 games

He'll play 170 is my guess.

 

[David71]

give him 2 years or just trade him. hes bound to miss at least 40 games or so. watching the intermisson and the guys on the panel discussing that already. any gm wanting edler via trade/free agency must be careful.

 

[MikeK]

Loui was an free agent,came off a 30 goals season

Completely different situation

Edler is also a Dman with #1 minutes on his resume. He's 32 and if he hits the open market he'd absolutely get paid by some desperate team.

People thinking he's going to sign a 2 year deal are kidding themselves. At 32 he's easily going to want 4+ years.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Satiar Shah is saying on twitter he is hearing 3 years - $15 million

the only thing holding it up is Edler wanting a NMC which the Canucks have no interest as they would have to protect him from Seattle in 2021

So another bad contract. Figures.

Benning bungles yet another thing.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Edler is also a Dman with #1 minutes on his resume. He's 32 and if he hits the open market he'd absolutely get paid by some desperate team.

People thinking he's going to sign a 2 year deal are kidding themselves. At 32 he's easily going to want 4+ years.

Then they should have been trying to trade him.

 

[Cancuks]

Call his bluff. Two year deal or he can find another team. I'll bet he caves and signs.

 

[MikeK]

Then they should have been trying to trade him.

No argument here. Just pointing out that people expecting a 2yr deal from a 32yr old Dman with Edler's body of work is wishful thinking. At 4 years I'd say we get off lucky. I fully expect a 5 or 6 year deal incoming. Gross.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Edler is also a Dman with #1 minutes on his resume. He's 32 and if he hits the open market he'd absolutely get paid by some desperate team.

People thinking he's going to sign a 2 year deal are kidding themselves. At 32 he's easily going to want 4+ years.

Unfortunately the biggest patsy GM for that line is right here.

 

[polarbearcub]

No chance we sign him to a 5-6 year deal.

Guessing 3

 

[LordBacon]

Not like we are a way better team with edler, trade him or let him go. I don’t think he’s as difficult to replace as most here think.
It’s all downhill from here for edler, as much as I appreciate what he does his time here is up.

 

[Regal]

So another bad contract. Figures.

Benning bungles yet another thing.

Eh, I'd rather go 2 years, but that's not a bad contract. He's worth probably 6 right now on the current market, and shouldn't fall off too much by 35. Could look at it as 6 for year 1, 5 for year 2, 4 for year 3. It's after 35 for dmen you worry about more. If it's a third I think there needs to be a modified NTC where he gives a team list so he can at least be moved if need be.

 

[polarbearcub]

Eh, I'd rather go 2 years, but that's not a bad contract. He's worth probably 6 right now on the current market, and shouldn't fall off too much by 35. Could look at it as 6 for year 1, 5 for year 2, 4 for year 3. It's after 35 for dmen you worry about more. If it's a third I think there needs to be a modified NTC where he gives a team list so he can at least be moved if need be.

I get the feeling that when edler regresses , it’s gonna be cataclysmic

 

[Regal]

Not like we are a way better team with edler, trade him or let him go. I don’t think he’s as difficult to replace as most here think.
It’s all downhill from here for edler, as much as I appreciate what he does his time here is up.

Obviously there's other factors, but the team is 20-14-4, with a +7 goal differential with him, and 6-13-4, with a -26 goal differential without him.

 

[sting101]

Edler is also a Dman with #1 minutes on his resume. He's 32 and if he hits the open market he'd absolutely get paid by some desperate team.

People thinking he's going to sign a 2 year deal are kidding themselves. At 32 he's easily going to want 4+ years.

Yup unfortunately they just signed Beagle to a 4yr this past summer.

Edlers gonna get 4yrs if he wants it. As long as they front end load it and give a NMC for 2 and a NTC that allows him to be available to Seattle and others after then i guess i can live with it.

 

[LordBacon]

Obviously there's other factors, but the team is 20-14-4, with a +7 goal differential with him, and 6-13-4, with a -25 goal differential without him.

I get that but he’s in his 30s and I’m not comfortable giving a older player terms. If we didn’t sign eriksson sutter and guddy(that’s 14m worth of steaming pouliot omg), I would probably take the gamble and sign edler because it still leaves us enough cap for Quinn pettersson boeser and future Ufa signings. But as of right now, I feel like it’s better to part ways.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Eh, I'd rather go 2 years, but that's not a bad contract. He's worth probably 6 right now on the current market, and shouldn't fall off too much by 35. Could look at it as 6 for year 1, 5 for year 2, 4 for year 3. It's after 35 for dmen you worry about more. If it's a third I think there needs to be a modified NTC where he gives a team list so he can at least be moved if need be.

With his injuries, and considering he wasn't very good a couple years ago, I think people are buying way too high on him. He's 33 in a couple months. Would not go 3 years on him.

 

[Regal]

With his injuries, and considering he wasn't very good a couple years ago, I think people are buying way too high on him. He's 33 in a couple months. Would not go 3 years on him.

I really wouldn't want to do 3 years but I don't think it would be bad. He's played better than usual this year but I disagree he was bad a couple years ago. He's been consistently solid since the Torts debacle year.

 

[Bettman Returnz]

Heck even do 2yrs @ $6-7M per!!! 3yrs is pushing it for me. I’d only do that if there’s no no trade clause (or limited for last year).

 

[F A N]

The fact is that UFA signings are almost always either too long, for too much money, or both. Since players can decline rapidly in their early 30s, unless you're signing that rare 27 year old UFA you'll risk having the contract being too long. In the past, that has been the price of admission. If the player plays up to expectations throughout his contract until his final year that's a usually considered a pretty good signing. I'm not saying that that's the way it should be, but that has been the way in the past. Drew Doughty will be 36 when he enters the final year of his contract. With Edler, if he signs a 3 year contract you're hoping that he maintains his level of play for 2 years and doesn't suffer a massive decline in year 3.