Confirmed with Link: Ethan Bear signs 2-year $2M AAV

[MaxR11]

Really like this kid! Hope he continues to improve. If he can find his offensive confidence and mojo he could put up some ok points too.
Has enough offensive awareness and tools to do so.

 

[Ginger Papa]

Hi folks,
Congratulations on the Re-signing/ extension. From what I’ve seen and read of Ethan, this looks like a great deal for the Team and if he shows enough growth he can earn a payday in the latter years of his next contract.

Great to see your young talent continuing to want to stay with the organization. The stigma of players not wanting to go to Canada or wanting to leave is a bit exaggerated I think.

As several of you have mentioned, well done Ken Holland.

He’s having a renaissance in Edmonton and it’s great for your proud franchise.

 

[nabob]

He will have to knee a couple of players in order to reach Giordano territory

A hungry Bear is a dangerous Bear.

 

[LTIR]

Good for Holland for holding ground and this should make the Bear hungry. He'll earn a payday if he keeps trending into Giordano territory.

Overpaid Nurse by 500K but makes up for it here.
Hopefully he does the same with Yama and makes up for the Kassian overpay.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Excellent to have him signed for 2 years
Decent cap hit

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

 

[LTIR]

Fair deal for both sides, thought Holland might try for a 1 year deal.

Glad he didn't. Next year we better be loading up for a cup run. We could be running with dirt cheap D with Bear, Bouchard, Jones, Broberg and maybe even Koekkoek.

 

[Broberg Speed]

Overpaid Nurse by 500K but makes up for it here.
Hopefully he does the same with Yama and makes up for the Kassian overpay.

I have a theory. Covid added 20 IQ points to Holland and gave him super negotiating powers.

 

[FlameChampion]

Glad to see him signed. Fair contract. Kinda glad its 2 years. I dont think 1 is long enough and I think we need to see Bear repeat what he did last year to give him more. Glad he wont be missing training camp.

 

[nabob]

I have a theory. Covid added 20 IQ points to Holland and gave him super negotiating powers.

pretty solid theory.

mine is that players want to play here. There’s potential for something special to happen and they want to be a part of it, and use that to have a bigger payday in their next negotiations.

 

[Messrules11]

 

[RalphKing]

Good contract and good length.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Long live Holland the Redeemer!

 

[LTIR]

pretty solid theory.

mine is that players want to play here. There’s potential for something special to happen and they want to be a part of it, and use that to have a bigger payday in their next negotiations.

My theory is that Bear made Holland promise that he won't add another RD like Hamonic/Vatanen for this discount.

 

[Drai Fi]

Lovely. Good job Holland. Little to no risk on this. Hopefully Bear continues to develop into a legitimate top 4 D-man for us.

I have to say, I was skeptical of his hiring, but he’s doing a good job IMO. Not too much to complain about.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Without Covid it would of been probably closer to 3.5 but he did do well.

For a 2 year deal? No.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

I wonder if the cap situation will be significantly different in 2 years. How much would he sign for realistically if everything keeps trending the way it is? 4m per?

 

[Magnum23]

Love it, we didn't overcommit so it gives us options.

In about two years, I can see all of Nurse, Klef, Larsson gone and we will save even more $$$

 

[tabs]

Great deal! Capfriendly now shows us as being $2,198,325 over the cap with Yamo in the minors.

On day one of the season waive Chiasson, Khaira, and Nygard for a combined $3,025,000 in cap savings. Subtracting the $2,198,325 we’re currently over, that drops us to $826,675 below the cap. Call up Benson with his $808,333 cap hit, and we’ll have just $18,342 in cap room. Then put Klefbom on LTIR and we’ll have $4,148,658 in additional cap space. Drop Benson to the taxi squad with Chiasson, Khaira, and Nygard, and call Yamo back up. After all is said and done we should have over 4 million in cap space during the season to upgrade the roster.

 

[space321]

Really good contract actually. Holland's RFA and UFA signings have all been pretty good since that Kassian one lol. Gotta give him credit.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

Great deal! Capfriendly now shows us as being $2,198,325 over the cap with Yamo in the minors.

On day one of the season waive Chiasson, Khaira, and Nygard for a combined $3,025,000 in cap savings. Subtracting the $2,198,325 we’re currently over, that drops us to $826,675 below the cap. Call up Benson with his $808,333 cap hit, and we’ll have just $18,342 in cap room. Then put Klefbom on LTIR and we’ll have $4,148,658 in additional cap space. Drop Benson to the taxi squad with Chiasson, Khaira, and Nygard, and call Yamo back up. After all is said and done we should have over 4 million in cap space during the season to upgrade the roster.

What would the full roster be if we made these moves? In terms of the Active roster and taxi squad

 

[tabs]

What would the full roster be if we made these moves? In terms of the Active roster and taxi squad

Nuge-McD-Kass
Kahun-Drai-Yamo
Ennis-Turris-Pully
Neal-Haas-Archibald

Nurse-Bear
Jones-Larson
Russell-Barrie
Koekkoek

Kosk
Smith

Chiasson
Khaira
Nygard
Benson
Bouchard
Forsberg

Could also add Koekkoek to the taxi club but it’s just an added risk of losing him on waivers. The only real risk in the scenario I wrote is losing Nygard. I doubt anyone takes Chiasson or Khaira off waivers, and if they do it’s not a big deal IMO.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

Nuge-McD-Kass
Kahun-Drai-Yamo
Ennis-Turris-Pully
Neal-Haas-Archibald

Nurse-Bear
Jones-Larson
Russell-Barrie
Koekkoek

Kosk
Smith

Chiasson
Khaira
Nygard
Benson
Bouchard
Forsberg

Could also add Koekkoek to the taxi club but it’s just an added risk of losing him on waivers. The only real risk in the scenario I wrote is losing Nygard. I doubt anyone takes Chiasson or Khaira off waivers, and if they do it’s not a big deal IMO.

Doesnt benson require waivers as well? And does this roster give us 4m in cap space? I’m still not completely sure how the cap works now that there’s a taxi squad

 

[Broberg Speed]

Great deal! Capfriendly now shows us as being $2,198,325 over the cap with Yamo in the minors.

On day one of the season waive Chiasson, Khaira, and Nygard for a combined $3,025,000 in cap savings. Subtracting the $2,198,325 we’re currently over, that drops us to $826,675 below the cap. Call up Benson with his $808,333 cap hit, and we’ll have just $18,342 in cap room. Then put Klefbom on LTIR and we’ll have $4,148,658 in additional cap space. Drop Benson to the taxi squad with Chiasson, Khaira, and Nygard, and call Yamo back up. After all is said and done we should have over 4 million in cap space during the season to upgrade the roster.

You're smart.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Right - now get RNH done and we can settle in for the season.