Confirmed with Link: Carter Verhaeghe extended 3 years 4.2M AAV

[FlaPanthers11]

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[Dread Clawz]

Sweet

 

[SoupyFIN]

I'm not sure about this, he played almost the whole season with Barkov. I would've liked to see how he'd do with Reinhart, Bennett or Lundell first, before rushing to re-sign him.

This also means we're likely paying someone to take Hornqvist next year or he's going on LTIR(etirement).

 

[Necrobutcher]

I'm not sure about this, he played almost the whole season with Barkov. I would've liked to see how he'd do with Reinhart, Bennett or Lundell first, before rushing to re-sign him.

He did play great even when Barkov was injured. Like 5+3 in 6 games or something in that direction.

 

[francis246]

Can’t believe the leafs gave up on this guy, but he’s worked hard to make it back

 

[IceKitties]

Great success story. Had good chemistry in our top 6. Happy to have him back.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Can’t believe the leafs gave up on this guy, but he’s worked hard to make it back

And Tampa

 

[batting1k]

Buying 3 years of UFA, they obviously think he’s good and a 20+ goal scorer, Q trusts him, zero maintenance. Cap could be up so if they don’t get him now and he hits 25+ goals, he’ll want 5+ mil.

just getting started too, only 95 games in the league.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Zito taking lots of risks this offseason banking that last year was for real on guys like Bennett, Verhaegs etc.

I like the aggressive approach, just hope it works out. If he repeats the same results, this is a bargain.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Can’t believe the leafs gave up on this guy, but he’s worked hard to make it back

Thx for the assistance, we need every 1st line players we can get our hands on.

 

[FrolikFan67]

Barely over 4per for a top-6 winger and locked in now for the next 4yrs essentially. No complaints. I like all the signings so far tbh

 

[francis246]

And Tampa

yes And The Islanders too. But we gave Freddy the Goat more opportunity than Verheaghe and they were from the same draft and Verheaghe had better numbers coming out of Junior. But I get it, we had to give up an asset to get Grabner

 

[SoupyFIN]

He did play great even when Barkov was injured. Like 5+3 in 6 games or something in that direction.

I do remember this, but it's still a really tiny sample size.

 

[A1LeafNation]

yes And The Islanders too. But we gave Freddy the Goat more opportunity than Verheaghe and they were from the same draft and Verheaghe had better numbers coming out of Junior. But I get it, we had to give up an asset to get Grabner

Lol you do get that prospects turn a corner after they get that oh shit moment of being in their 3rd or 4th team right?

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

I do remember this, but it's still a really tiny sample size.

Good GMs swing for the fences based off of their gut and scouting. All signs point to Verhaege scoring 60+ points over a full 82. Getting to next offseason with him needing a new deal after two amazing seasons would have been foolish.

Zito has identified our window for the next 3-4 seasons and is going all in.

I love it.

 

[kerrabria]

Tallon 2019:
Bobrovsky at $10m
Stralman at $5.5m
Connolly at $3.5m
Acciari at $1.7m
Weegar at $1.6m
= Total: $23.3m

Zito 2021
Bennett at $4.4m
Forsling at $2.7m
Duclair at $3m
Montour at $3.5m
Verhaeghe at $4m
Reinhart at ?
= Total: $17.9m + Reinhart

If Rhino signs for <$5.4m, then Zito will have officially meme'd Tallon.

 

[kerrabria]

I'm not sure about this, he played almost the whole season with Barkov. I would've liked to see how he'd do with Reinhart, Bennett or Lundell first, before rushing to re-sign him.

This also means we're likely paying someone to take Hornqvist next year or he's going on LTIR(etirement).

Even if the production dries up (I find this unlikely) a 15+ goal, two-way forward with speed is worth a few million.

Also, Hornqvist has an extremely team-friendly buyout.

 

[5 Hole]

I’m good with this. Zito locking in his guys and Carter had a great year. No reason to believe he’ll regress. I see that first line only getting better after the playoff experience. I really think this team has turned the corner.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

I do remember this, but it's still a really tiny sample size.

That's the theme of our off-season it seems.

 

[5 Hole]

Also, Hornqvist has an extremely team-friendly buyout.

I hope we don’t buy him out. I really like what he brought to the team. IMO he was one of the keys to the turnaround. Gotta respect that.

 

[kerrabria]

Everybody is saying Arizona outdid Seattle as an expansion team, but we deserve some credit too.

Verhaeghe - Barkov - Reinhart
Huberdeau - Bennett - Tippett
Duclair - Lundell - Vatrano
Marchment - Acciari - Hornqvist

Forsling - Ekblad
Montour - Weegar
Nutivaara - Gudas

All of the bolded are guys who were given up on by their formers team(s). One could probably categorize Weegar as an expansion type late bloomer as well.

 

[francis246]

Lol you do get that prospects turn a corner after they get that oh shit moment of being in their 3rd or 4th team right?

of course, all I'm saying is, this shouldn't be this surprising that he's panned out given his Junior #'s and even his AHL stats have been pretty consistent. I'm just trying to figure out how so many teams didn't see the value in him prior to him landing in Florida. We'll never know.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Everybody is saying Arizona outdid Seattle as an expansion team, but we deserve some credit too.

Verhaeghe - Barkov - Reinhart
Huberdeau - Bennett - Tippett
Duclair - Lundell - Vatrano
Marchment - Acciari - Hornqvist

Forsling - Ekblad
Montour - Weegar
Nutivaara - Gudas

All of the bolded are guys who were given up on by their formers team(s). One could probably categorize Weegar as an expansion type late bloomer as well.

imo Montour too. Traded for 3rd round pick and then signs a 3.5x3 deal.

 

[Prominence Problem]

Run along Leaf fans.

Don't need any garbage-team juju around these parts.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Freakin' steal at $4M