Confirmed with Link: CBJ sign Justin Danforth to a 1 year 1.1M AAV extension

[CBJWerenski8]

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[squashmaple]

I like it. He's an ideal utility forward.

 

[CBJx614]

Nice! Little motivation for him moving forward!

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

Happy with it. He's more than a replacement player and is tenacious. Still a bit of a "prove it" deal but hopefully provides him with some stability and lets him focus on the game (not that it was ever in question based on his play).

 

[Napoli]

Good deal, very underrated, hopefully he can stay healthy.

 

[DarkandStormy]

Signing a guy early to an extension coming off of a major surgery/injury, who turns 31 before the contract kicks in, and who has played 51 career NHL games is a choice.

 

[Marioesque]

Signing a guy early to an extension coming off of a major surgery/injury, who turns 31 before the contract kicks in, and who has played 51 career NHL games is a choice.

Great choice. It's one year 1.1 million and he's easily better than that.

 

[ColumbusTrill]

Signing a guy early to an extension coming off of a major surgery/injury, who turns 31 before the contract kicks in, and who has played 51 career NHL games is a choice.

There’s always one

 

[Viqsi]

There’s always one

And it's frequently the same one.

 

[VT]

 

[cbjthrowaway]

Signing a guy early to an extension coming off of a major surgery/injury, who turns 31 before the contract kicks in, and who has played 51 career NHL games is a choice.

justin danforth's aav: $1.1m

maximum that you can bury in the AHL on a single contract: $1.1m

it's a choice that is all upside, baby!

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

I am going back Danforth on whether this is a good deal or not

 

[CBJx614]

Signing a guy early to an extension coming off of a major surgery/injury, who turns 31 before the contract kicks in, and who has played 51 career NHL games is a choice.

Are you paying his extension? It's a million dollars with a major cap increase all but guaranteed next season. There's literally 0 risk...

 

[DarkandStormy]

Are you paying his extension? It's a million dollars with a major cap increase all but guaranteed next season. There's literally 0 risk...

Less about the money and more about he and Olivier taking up roster spots next season when there are going to be better options, imo.

There’s always one

How dare we question the great and mighty Jarmo who has seen this team to the 23rd best points % in his deacade-long tenure, getting out of the first round once.

 

[squashmaple]

I'd take Danforth over literally any of the other utility guys we've got. Robinson, Foudy, Olivier, Bemstrom, even Kuraly. And this tells me so would the FO.

I don't trust Jarmo and JD anymore either, but I like this particular signing. You do still need fourth liners on good teams, which we will hopefully be next year.

 

[CBJx614]

Less about the money and more about he and Olivier taking up roster spots next season when there are going to be better options, imo.



How dare we question the great and mighty Jarmo who has seen this team to the 23rd best points % in his deacade-long tenure, getting out of the first round once.

Who? If those players are good enough and Danforth is bad enough he spends a season in the AHL or gets claimed. I fail to see the problem...

 

[NotCommitted]

There's like zero risk to this signing? At worst he's a 4th liner or gets buried in the AHL, at best he's a guy you can slot in the top-6 to bring some forecheck/grit into a line. I'll take two.

 

[ColumbusTrill]

Less about the money and more about he and Olivier taking up roster spots next season when there are going to be better options, imo.



How dare we question the great and mighty Jarmo who has seen this team to the 23rd best points % in his deacade-long tenure, getting out of the first round once.

I just don’t know who we have in the system who is a legit 4th liner with skill.

 

[MoeBartoli]

I'd take Danforth over literally any of the other utility guys we've got. Robinson, Foudy, Olivier, Bemstrom, even Kuraly.

100%

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I am going back Danforth on whether this is a good deal or not

But no debate about the joke

 

[JacketsDavid]

Is he from Columbus?

 

[Viqsi]

Less about the money and more about he and Olivier taking up roster spots next season when there are going to be better options, imo.

I suspect you may have lost track of who we're talking about. The only other 'utility guy' on the roster it would be even more absurd to complain about extending at all would be Texier. If he'd been given term, that might be cause for complaint, but this is a steal.

 

[VT]

I'd take Danforth over literally any of the other utility guys we've got. Robinson, Foudy, Olivier, Bemstrom, even Kuraly. And this tells me so would the FO.

I don't trust Jarmo and JD anymore either, but I like this particular signing. You do still need fourth liners on good teams, which we will hopefully be next year.

I think Olivier not. Every team needs players like him. And if we had Oliviers, Gudbranson and Voronkov together, I don't think Wilson/Reaves etc would be interested in provoking/causing fights either.

 

[squashmaple]

I think Olivier not. Every team needs players like him. And if we had Oliviers, Gudbranson and Voronkov together, I don't think Wilson/Reaves etc would be interested in provoking/causing fights either.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm a big Olivier fan. Thirteenth forward who can cycle into the lineup to provide toughness? Absolutely. But I still take Danforth for the roster first, especially when Gudbranson is already there (and especially next season, Voronkov from game one).

 

[Marioesque]

I'd take Danforth over literally any of the other utility guys we've got. Robinson, Foudy, Olivier, Bemstrom, even Kuraly. And this tells me so would the FO.

Me too.