Confirmed with Link: Devils Extend Bratt (8 yrs, $63 million)

[KovalchukFistPump]

Yay! I figured Kevin Fiala would be a good comparison and this is basically the Fiala deal. Although I do think Fiala is a bit better, it's whatever. Happy it's under 8M

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Great deal! And finally i get to say "told ya so!" Not gonna get 8m (wouldve been fine with 8 tho) and defs not more thab 8x8

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

fine with going up to $9/year for Timo now

that would still be under $17 total for the 2 of them combined

 

[OmNomNom]

HOLY SHIT HE f***ING DID IT

that $63mil must've been preplanned, they def were negotiating on structure this whole time, i'm sure

 

[TF1970]

fair deal for both sides. especially with the cap conceivably going up quite a bit over the next few years from where it currently is.

 

[Thovohkin]

Under 8M/Year? Great

 

[Forge]

Wow. Floored right now

 

[FinnishDevil]

@glenwo2 WAKE UP

 

[RememberTheName]

I think it's a fair deal for both sides. Just glad all this shit is over and done with regarding Jesper. Glad we got it done under 8, would have preferred a slightly lower AAV but the difference between 7.5 and 7.875 is so marginal that it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

 

[jkrdevil]

So we have our top 3 forwards all signed long term at under $8 million

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

8 years, under 8 million, no months’ worth of hostile and public negotiations? f*** yeah my dudes.

 

[Normal Devil]

That's a solid deal for both sides. Glad to have that one behind us.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I think Bratt could have done a little better if he played hardball and probably told his agent to blink here but he clearly wants to be in NJ, that wasn't the issue, and $63 million is $63 million and he earned it.

Ecstatic he's in NJ for 8 more years.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Our GM is f***ing awesome.

 

[DerekDevils30]

As if I wasn’t fully confident in Fitz already he goes and does this. It’s a great deal.

 

[Devils731]

This deal will look ridiculously good when 5 or 6 years of it takes place under the exploded cap.

 

[devilsblood]

Can’t believe he’s only 24. Feels like he’s been on the team forever.

This is an underrated part of this deal. This deal pays him through his prime years. Buys a ton of UFA years. Cap is going to rise like an mf'r through the mid portion of this contract.

I totally understood Bratt playing hard ball, but I'm stoked he signed long term at a current market deal.

 

[OmNomNom]

@glenwo2 is gonna hate that brattpack is gonna still be present on twitter lulz

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

even if Timo gets ~$9/year, that's ~$32 million on our top 4 forwards...that's really good value

Toronto's top three guys make more than that, as a comparison. Tampa's top 4 forwards make $34.

 

[devilsblood]

This really is the low end of the potential range for Bratt.

Credit to Fitz for drawing a hard line, but credit to Bratt for signing this deal as well. This board talked a ton about Bratt hardballing for a short term so he can cash in later, and it did so because that very much made sense from his perspective to do so. But he didn't, he signed a team friendly.

Definitely some Kudo's to Bratt here.

 

[Zippy316]

Bratt having a subpar playoffs honestly might be an absolute blessing long-term. This deal is going to pan out so incredibly well.

If Fitzgerald can get Meier for around 8.5, he’s an absolute wizard.

Thinking ahead, but I wonder if Fitzgerald tries to extend Mercer as well this off-season. If you can get Bratt/Meier on good deals, maybe you can convince Mercer to extend as well for a reasonable cap hit (say ~6 million).

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

 

[JK3]

Sweet!

 

[devilsblood]

So now that he is signed, what type of trade return can we now expect?

 

[TrufleShufle]

Hopefully Timo switches his jersey number back to 28 before signing his contract.