Confirmed with Link: Flames sign Jacob Markstrom (6 years, $6,000,000 AAV)

[JurassicTunga]

 

[User1996]

6 years

 

[Anglesmith]

While the team is still not old at that point, all our top forwards age into UFA sized contracts in pretty rapid succession. Historically a lot of cores start to succumb to cap pressures at that point.

They do, but this leads to a few changes. It does not lead to a rebuild.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

 

[Mobiandi]

6x6 according to BMac

 

[Anglesmith]

Yes.

 

[super6646]

That’s what I expected

 

[InfinityIggy]

Thats very firmly in the 'fine' column. Glad to have him!

 

[FlamerForLife]

6x6 is what I expected.

 

[DCDM]

Yeah baby!!!

 

[Ace Rimmer]

This again. Well done Tre

 

[User1996]

It made too much sense not to go after him. Reasonable deal, and makes us a better team. Well done

 

[IGGY2JOHNNY]

That’s not bad at all!! Was scared it was going to look a lot worse! I approve this signing by Treliving

 

[kes17]

Happy for him, I'm sure the Flames can get at least 4 good years out of him. Make no mistake though he may not have been a starter for long but he has a ton of miles on him.

Does his best when he faces a ton of shots but has slowly broken down because of it.

Still an Elite goalie

 

[Mobiandi]

They do, but this leads to a few changes. It does not lead to a rebuild.

All roads lead to a rebuild. It's either plunging directly into one or a long-drawn out retool where the new core is unrecognizable and a distant downgrade comapred to the original.

Our current iteration is the best chance we've got.

 

[JPeeper]

I'm going 6x6 minimum.

Minimum it is.

If it ever hurts it's in that last year so good term IMO

 

[Zirakzigil]

I can live with that. Would of preferred 7 years for the 36mil, but thats not horrendous.

 

[TheButcher90]

Great signing at 6. I thought he was gonna get 6.5/7 at least

 

[JurassicTunga]

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Meh. I’m not thrilled but I’m tired of stopgaps. Still lots of holes to fill in the lineup.

 

[JurassicTunga]

 

[King In The North]

Meh. I’m not thrilled but I’m tired of stopgaps. Still lots of holes to fill in the lineup.

I think about that one season we had where goaltending completely destroyed us.

We had to do this, no more Talbots, Smiths etc.

 

[Mobiandi]

It was really annoying putting up 40+ shots on this guy and losing 3-1. Glad he's here

 

[clay]

Very solid goalie, he'll win you a lot of hockey games. Sad to see him go, but with Demko on the doorstep it made sense to let him walk.

 

[Anglesmith]

All roads lead to a rebuild. It's either plunging directly into one or a long-drawn out retool where the new core is unrecognizable and a distant downgrade comapred to the original.

Our current iteration is the best chance we've got.

Sounds like something Tampa would have thought 5+ years ago, and Pittsburgh would've thought back in 2010. Not to mention St. Louis and Washington. All teams that won the Cup after this breaking point you're referring to.

 

[Fig]

Not confirmed, but I can't help but wonder if Treliving killed Markstrom on the trade protection now. If around 6x6 was the expected all day on the higher end, why did they grind it down for so damn long?

Flames have been completely stingy on trade protection especially NMC. So I'm wondering if he has a 5 team NTC or less?