Carter Rowney

[Woodrow]

It really doesn't make any sense that a 29 year old 4th liner with 71 total NHL regular season games (split over two seasons) got a 3 year contract. They must have thought they were signing someone else like the Leafs did when they signed Finger to that ridiculous deal. I wish him well though and hope he makes the most of it.

Expect loathing that 3 year contract about 40 games into the season.

I think the cap hit is low enough that he could be buried in the minors and not count against the cap if it really came to that. So even if this 3 year contract is a little out of left field for a guy like Rowney, it shouldn't hurt the Ducks much.

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

So I'm assuming there were teams offering him 2 years? Even that seems crazy especially when Kuhnhackl got 1 year at league minimum.

Yeah, I would have figured Kuhn would have got more money/longer contract than Rowney considering age, the fact Kuhn has played twice as many games already (both in the regular season and the playoffs, also won two cups) and has better production.

I'm happy for Rowney from a personal standpoint, it's nice to see hard working people succeed and he seems like a good guy. I still maintain he's not an NHL regular, I've been saying that all along even during the playoffs two years ago. We've seen it countless times, an AHLer comes up for a cup of coffee, plays over his head due to desperation/adrenaline then falls back to Earth. Even when Rowney was playing "over his head" he still wasn't that good.

As I said before, if he's playing with better players and he's a 3rd wheel, you'll be fine, he won't hurt your team by doing anything dumb or taking lots of penalties. Same with Kuhn or Reaves (well, Reaves takes dumb penalties). Unfortunately for the Pens, they often had two or three of those guys playing together most of the year which rendered their 4th line basically useless.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Lol so I'm in a penguins group on Facebook and someone mentioned Rowney leaving and I commented "good riddance" not even realizing the person who commented above me was CARTER ROWNEY'S GRANDMOTHER, LITERALLY .

I made a comment on TSN or something like that about Dereyk Engelland a few years back when he signed an enormous contract with Calgary.

Dereyk's grandma or something got in there and was berating me about "only so many players even make it to the NHL". And I was like yea, he's a tremendous hockey player but a bad NHL one.

Didn't go over well

 

[Son Goku]

I made a comment on TSN or something like that about Dereyk Engelland a few years back when he signed an enormous contract with Calgary.

Dereyk's grandma or something got in there and was berating me about "only so many players even make it to the NHL". And I was like yea, he's a tremendous hockey player but a bad NHL one.

Didn't go over well

That's basically what I said

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Rowney must have a killer agent. or Maybe he has incriminating evidence on Bob Murray.

I'm happy for Rowney, but yikes.

 

[Jacob]

Makes me wonder what Kuhnhackl, who is a better hockey player, is going to get.

Oops, guess he already went to Long Island.

 

[BHD]

Rowney must have a killer agent. or Maybe he has incriminating evidence on Bob Murray.

I'm happy for Rowney, but yikes.

He fits the mold of the team.

 

[Jacob]

He fits the mold of the team.

He does. He's got the same body as Perry & Getzlaf, just a fraction of the skillset.

 

[Bnat66]

Lol so I'm in a penguins group on Facebook and someone mentioned Rowney leaving and I commented "good riddance" not even realizing the person who commented above me was CARTER ROWNEY'S GRANDMOTHER, LITERALLY .

Way to go Tommy

 

[Peat]

He does. He's got the same body as Perry & Getzlaf, just a fraction of the skillset.

And they're rapidly declining down to meet him.

 

[Son Goku]

Way to go Tommy

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[Jules Winnfield]

Kuhnhackl should've signed with Rowney's agent immediately. Would probably ended up with a 4 year, $3m per year deal in Vancouver. Right now he's probably wondering how the f*** Rowney got signed for what he did per year and at 3 years. If Kuhnhackl only potted that goal against Washington instead of hitting the post...

 

[Peat]

I wonder if Kuhn is thinking "If only I'd signed that 2 year deal with the Pens?"

(Probably not actually)

 

[Captain Hook]

I really can't believe he got 3 years. I hadn't even bothered looking at the term and money until I accidentally stumbled across it today. I just assumed he got around the minimum for one year. Unbelievable.

Good for Rowney getting this deal but it's obviously easy to see him getting buried in the minors well before this deal expires.

 

[Jacob]

Why didn’t Kuhn get a similar deal? Clearly the superior player.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Why didn’t Kuhn get a similar deal? Clearly the superior player.

I think maybe he just wanted the 1yr to play in an increased role and then earn a better contract next summer.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

So Rowney is making 1.1m and some change a year.

Lmao.

That's half of what Sheahan makes and Rowney isn't even 1/5th as good.

 

[Corvidae]

more like Farter Browny

 

[Son Goku]

Imagine employing Carter Rowney

 

[Pens x]

I wonder if Kuhn is thinking "If only I'd signed that 2 year deal with the Pens?"

(Probably not actually)

Jimmy offered him a 2 year deal?

Low risk, low reward

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I wonder if Kuhn is thinking "If only I'd signed that 2 year deal with the Pens?"

(Probably not actually)

He probably was guaranteed a bigger role in New York than he was here. Chances are he'll be a regular in their lineup, while JR all but said he's revamping the bottom six, particularly the 4th line, which means Kuhnhackl probably was going to be an extra most of the time.

 

[Jacob]

I’m doubtful we offered him a 2 year deal.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Why didn’t Kuhn get a similar deal? Clearly the superior player.

RHS center more in demand than LHS LW.

Extra year provides expansion team fodder, also is a "poison pill" if he needs to go on waivers in year one or two of the deal, as acquiring clubs would be much less interested in a deal with term.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I’m doubtful we offered him a 2 year deal.

Maybe it was a 2-way deal.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Meh...he's played 200 games in the NHL on the league's best team over that time and was on a two-year, one-way deal coming into that deal. That would not be kosher really...