Confirmed with Link: Evan Rodrigues signs 1 year, $2M contract
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MackAttack26
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MackAttack26
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They had the option to go 2 years and passed?
Doesn't 2 years take him straight to UFA though?
BuffaloGooner
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He’s still RFA next year. Just glad to have him back in the gold tbh.
kenfury
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They had the option to go 2 years and passed?
2 years sends him to UFA, 1 year contract and Buffalo still has his rights.
Hearing was at 9am, 48 hours passed and word wasn't made official until early evening
Husko
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Seems fair. What was his QO? And what will that make his QO next summer if he just wants to sign it to get to UFA?
DatGuy
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I think his QO will be 2mil, i believe anything under 1mil gets a 10% raise and everything 1mil and over gets 100% of the current AV.
Close, the 10% raise is going away since the league minimum is now above the $660,000 lower limit. It's 5% from league minimum to $1M and then just the previous season's base salary for those above $1M.
La Cosa Nostra
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2 mil is a fair price. If he can put up 30 points playing 3rd line minutes then 2 mil is a fair deal for both sides.
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dotcommunism
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Also note that QOs are based on the previous season's paragraph 1 salary meaning 1) signing bonuses don't count and 2) AAV doesn't matter either, only the last year of the deal. Granted, since we're dealing with a one year deal here, there's no difference, but it's how you end up with Timo Meier having a contract that pays him $24M/4 years, but when the deal ends he'll have a $10M QO.
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I can't find anything to be outraged about with the contract or how it was settled. This is the kind of thing that's ruining hockey.
tsujimoto74
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why trade EROD? How about playing him with Eichel where he should be playing. You know, play a player where he will excel and has shown it before?
buffalowing88
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He's not the caliber of player a winning team has in their top-6. I don't hate E-Rod but he's already closing in on his ceiling. Happy with this offer and his willingness to do the dirty work on these lines but if he's sniffing top-6 minutes than I'm not optimistic. Lotta effort, lotta grit, low ceiling-type player.
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We'd be very lucky to have 6 forwards better than E-Rod next season. That would mean Olofsson jumped right into a top 6 role and Mittelstadt took a huge step forward. Unless both of those things happen, E-Rod is definitely among the best 6 forwards on the Sabres right now. Looking ahead to future seasons when we hopefully have better talent up front, I'm still a big fan of E-Rod as a middle 6 utility guy who can play up and down the line-up as needed (e.g., someone's injured, the lines aren't clicking and need to be shuffled, etc.)
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Easily?
Tage
Sobuttka
Sheary
Okposo
Mitts (obviously Mitts has higher potential)
Wilson
Girgs (tho at this point Girgs is playing a different role)
Tage might eventually (and hopefully) develop to the point where he is clearly above Erod, but he's certainly not there now.
sabremike
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Every forward on our entire roster last season not named Eichel, Reinhart or Skinner.
buffalowing88
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That's fair. I like to think we'll keep improving and if we're on the cusp of a playoff run come February, we'll add someone else.
In terms of guys I'd rather see ahead of him:
1. Eichel
2. Reinhart
3. Skinner
4. Mittelstadt- I'm high on him but I get that he's risky'
5. Olofsson
6. Becomes a hodgepodge of guys who shouldn't be in a good team's top-6 unfortunately.
