Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign Brandon Sutter to 5-Year, $21.875M Deal ($4.375M AAV)

[y2kcanucks]

Confirmed by The Score.

Ouch. Too high.

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[cotillion]

Mrehhhh

 

[Verviticus]

its brutal that my reaction to this was "could have been worse"

oh jeez, i spilled ten gallons of smoking oil on myself. could have been worse, i could have hit someone else as well

 

[Tryamkin]

Benning-"It's the right money for a foundational player"
Me- 5 YEARS?!

 

[Mofletz]

Third line center making 4.375M.

I thought Malhotra making 2.75M was a bit high.

 

[ahmon]

anything over 3.5 million is too high. I'm not even sure we need him with Cassels coming up.

Can't pay bottom 6 forwards this much.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Awful. Ugh.

 

[Kickassguy]

its brutal that my reaction to this was "could have been worse"

oh jeez, i spilled ten gallons of smoking oil on myself. could have been worse, i could have hit someone else as well

Exactly this.

Bad deal for a mediocre player, but "Hey! Could've been worse."

Hate that it has come to this.

 

[Skirbs1011]

Have to wait and see how this one pans out. I think its on the boarder or an over payment, 4 million I could live with. Hopefully with more ice time and a bigger role he can elevate his game play. Time will tell i guess.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Don't know about NTC, but I think the money and term = NTC even without it in the contract.

 

[Kickassguy]

Point-of-interest, here - I think this is the first time the Canucks have officially released financial details in a press release.

 

[canucksfan]

Another awful contract.

 

[arsmaster*]

Cheaper than I expected.

@verviticus, just finished texting my bro....similar sentiments...."it could have been worse" is the common refrain.

 

[DustyMartellaughs]

Five years?! That's ridiculous at this AAV.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

It's nice the Canucks put the cap hit in the press release - is this the first time they've done that

 

[Powder]

Confirmed by TSN too.

http://www.tsn.ca/canucks-lock-up-sutter-with-five-year-deal-1.338421

Yay for overpaid players. And to think he's 26, which means we have him until he's 32. He's not a second liner...

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

Why not wait until he's played a game for the team? What's the rush?

Of course I don't like the trade in the first place, so it's hard to feel any positivity about the contract. Ol' Tool-Seeker Jim can't help but hand out $$$ to hard shootin', quick skatin' square jaw-eds. The type of player he likes is pretty clear at this point. I don't like to watch those sorts of players. I don't like this whole situation.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Another awful contract.

Just add it to the list at this point.

 

[synobyte]

too much whining around here for me.... i like the player and the amount this is a transitional stage for the canucks just wait for the end product guys

 

[PG Canuck]

its brutal that my reaction to this was "could have been worse"

oh jeez, i spilled ten gallons of smoking oil on myself. could have been worse, i could have hit someone else as well

Basically this.

On the bright side, it's not 5M+. It's pretty sad to have this "could have been worse" mentality, but yet I have it...

Ugh

 

[DFAC]

Another overpayment

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I'm pretty sure most of us in the league-wide draft thread could manage a team better than Benning.

 

[Diogenes92]

Sutter has a great chance to have a career year with the team. 45+ points and sound defensively is my prediction. People really need to chill here. Its getting tiring.

 

[synobyte]

also it gives Horvat more time to develop and not have to worry about being a full time second liner, he can continue to grow and learn from similar players...

 

[Powder]

Why not wait until he's played a game for the team? What's the rush?

Quick, sign everyone to big contracts they would only deserve after a breakout season, before they actually have that breakout season so that we can save money in not competing in free agency!

...That sentence makes sense in my mind.