Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] Kyle Okposo (7 Years, $6.000M AAV)

[Giuseppe Franco]

He must have not wanted to stay in NYI (why wouldn't you want to play with Tavares?) cause how could NYI not have wanted to ante up the extra $500k a year instead of Ladd.

While I would never pretend every Islander loves to play here, all indications were that the Isles simply weren't interested in resigning him. I think the Isles wanted to shake up the locker room a bit and bring in some veteran leadership, thus their reasoning for Ladd over Okposo.

 

[HP00]

Doesn't make sense to me for them to continue to tie up money in wingers when they have to still resign their young centers.

I think Kane is on his way out

 

[CodeE]

For that money I would have expected Snow to keep him. $7M is too much for KO but $6M is fair.

 

[IceAce]

Okposo wasnt worth the $4.5 million on his contract last year much less $6M per and now he doesn't have Tavares to play with.

 

[Extra Texture]

So many EDM haters.

Same age as Lucic, same deal, Lucic is a dumb deal and Okposo is a good one? When he is always injured

They're taking into account Lucic's type of game....though Okposo is no slouch in the physical play dept. himself.


Anyway, this is less than the AAV I thought he would get. At least he is on the right side of 30, unlike so many other UFAs signing today.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

One of the better deals the last couple years might be rough but he has a goddess 4-5 years left in him if he doesn't get hurt.

 

[aufheben]

So many EDM haters.

Same age as Lucic, same deal, Lucic is a dumb deal and Okposo is a good one? When he is always injured

Do you guys not realize that Okposo might be better than Lucic? Not everything is about the Oilers.

Always injured? He's missed like 35 games over the last 5 seasons...

 

[Wanderson]

I've never liked Okposo. He is the kind of player who tends to become invisible for 15 games in a row.

 

[blinkman360]

When he's on his game he's a beast, but more often than not he just seems to disappear. Very frustrating to watch. Hopefully he finds some consistency and maybe a new spark playing with a young team.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Why didn't NYI sign him? This is a fair deal. NYI has taken a step back this offseason.

 

[commie]

Great signing, he's still young.

Am I in 2 different universe?
Same age as Lucic, same length as Lucic, but has been more injured than Lucic.

Yet one is a great signing and is still young.

While the other is the end of the world signing.

Holy Sh^t.

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

Okposo wasnt worth the $4.5 million on his contract last year much less $6M per and now he doesn't have Tavares to play with.

Moulson v2?

 

[Insomniac99]

I would have been happy with 7x7. I'm definitely happy with 6x7.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Does Tavares get a cut for inflating his numbers?

Okposo spent plenty of time playing on his own line away from Tavares. Thankfully, this guy is not Moulson 2.0.

 

[oilwave]

Am I in 2 different universe?
Same age as Lucic, same length as Lucic, but has been more injured than Lucic.

Yet one is a great signing and is still young.

While the other is the end of the world signing.

Holy Sh^t.

You're forgetting one signed with Edmonton. Big factor in posters reactions.

 

[isles55]

I would have taken Kyle back in a heartbeat at that price. Great deal for the Sabres. I hope Garth has something up his sleeve.

 

[MikeyMike01]

He'll put up a lot of points, and you'll hate him every second otherwise.

 

[Zirakzigil]

That's a big commitment for him. Hope he can stay healthy.

 

[Macch]

Color me surprised.

Good deal

 

[aufheben]

You're forgetting one signed with Edmonton. Big factor in posters reactions.

Okposo is also better but I guess that's irrelevant.

 

[HP00]

Hearing it is front loaded, per usual but Okposo playing until he is 35 isn't something I would worry about in terms of him retiring.

 

[SabreOil]

I'll take it!

 

[Yatzhee]

Okposo wasnt worth the $4.5 million on his contract last year much less $6M per and now he doesn't have Tavares to play with.

No, it's true, no Taveres, he's now playing with scrubs like Eichel, Reinhart and ROR.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Good deal for Buffalo

 

[WJF]

Okposo wasnt worth the $4.5 million on his contract last year much less $6M per and now he doesn't have Tavares to play with.

He'll have Jack Eichel to play with - 10 times the player that Tavares is according to Sabres fans.