Confirmed with Link: Hertl re-signs to 4 year contract 5.625 AAV

[STL Shark]

He did play Labanc with Hertl and Couture for over 200 even strength minutes last year. I think it's pretty likely he goes back to that well with Boedker gone.

If PDB wants to make that Hertl-Couture line his toughest matchup line, then put Donskoi at RW. He fits the playmaking F2 role Couture needs and prior to the Kane trade they put together a few really solid games. Would mean 9-19-8, 48-39-27, 28-50-62 as the top 9 forward groups with no other changes to the roster through trade or UFA.

 

[LeeIFBB]

~3.5 more years @ $5.625m

 

[Lebanezer]

Kane, Vlasic, Hertl, Jones, and Couture are all overpaid in terms of percentage of cap hit relative to their production and peers.

A couple of these are not like the others, now, that is.

 

[Lebanezer]

~3.5 more years @ $5.625m

Bumping this made me read through it again. Classic.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Bumping this made me read through it again. Classic.

A lot of people will miss this one, but it’s by far the best of the thread:

I still don't understand the ongoing preoccupation with trading Tierney. He's not a high-demand player. He's not going to bring back an elite return or be the centerpiece of any deal that gets made.

 

[Lebanezer]

A lot of people will miss this one, but it’s by far the best of the thread:

Boom! That's awesome.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Boom! That's awesome.

Kind of shows how you can have a completely sensible take on something and still end up hilariously wrong.

 

[one2gamble]

I don't have an issue with any of my posts

 

[Juxtaposer]

Embarrassing that anyone would complain about his cap hit. He’s the best forward we have. Only legitimate complaint is that four years is too short.

My take was pretty good if I’m honest!

 

[Lebanezer]

My take was pretty good if I’m honest!

Indeed, and whatever happened to Maladroit? His response was pretty salty.

 

[Dicdonya]

After re-reading this thread, there are some very poor takes, and from a couple surprising sources.

Anyway the best part of this thread is definitely the Tierney talk, and who he is or is not worth in a trade. Lmao his value turned out to be worth a crap ton more then we thought haha.

 

[hohosaregood]

Based on this thread, I'm always right.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Indeed, and whatever happened to Maladroit? His response was pretty salty.

It’s pretty incredible how his big knock on Hertl was ESP/60 and now Hertl’s ESP/60 is literally top-10 in the NHL. I don’t think Hertl will sustain his current rate of 3.32 but I could easily see him finishing above 3.0 which is elite 1C territory.

 

[hockeyball]

Somehow I dont appear to have ever commented on this thread. Now I have.

 

[hohosaregood]

Indeed, and whatever happened to Maladroit? His response was pretty salty.

I'm guessing he bailed on the team after the mediocre november.

 

[Led Zappa]

You're overpaid, you're overpaid, everyone's overpaid!

I'll stand by mine.

 

[tiburon12]

I'm sure it was Hertl who wanted lower term. I bet he sees his peers and his potential and thinks, "in 4 years, i can be worth 8mil"

I'll pump my tires here. In the vacuum of this season, i was pretty spot on

 

[mooncalf]

Hertl was probably our best forward in the playoffs this past season, and has been improving every year with the exception of a slight sophomore slump coming off a big injury. I'm also fine with 4 years considering his injury history. I don't dislike this contract at all, he should be one of our 2 or 3 best players over the life of this contract. Also, fun must be always

I stand by this, though now I wish the contract were longer.

 

[Boy Hedican]

I like Hurtls

 

[slocal]

I like Hurtls

You get a nostalgic lol out of me

 

[The Nemesis]

Kind of shows how you can have a completely sensible take on something and still end up hilariously wrong.

I never said he wouldn't return anything of value in any trade. I said he wouldn't be the centerpiece of a significant trade. And he wasn't. He was part of a package. And if we're being rational, he was probably no better than the 3rd most important piece of the package behind Norris and the 1st. Maybe 4th if you believe that there were people in the Ottawa camp who highly valued Balcers. I'd argue that even stretching it, probably the highest you can rank him is 2nd most important if you think that his improvement this year is a sign of things to come. But I feel like that's a stretch.

Was I wrong in suggesting there was no point in considering trading him? Yeah, absolutely. But "hilariously wrong"? Hardly.

 

[Sharksfan83]

I thought I commented in here, but I didn't. Anyway, I loved Hertl back then and I love him now. Just now he puts up points. We may really make crappy draft picks sometimes, but forgetting the draft, I look forward to having Hertl and Meier on our team for the foreseeable future.

 

[OrrNumber4]

For what's it is worth, Maladroit's argument was procedurally sound. Hertl's improvement was improbable, so crowing about this contract send tinged with outcome bias.

 

[tiburon12]

Hertl's improvement was improbable, so crowing about this contract send tinged with outcome bias.

Yes and no. It was pretty obvious that last year was an improvement on the year before. Towards the end of the year and into the playoffs, he was perhaps our best forward and creating offense every shift. He just wasn't finishing.

In the sense that he would breakout and be able to carry his own line like he has, yes, that was improbable considering how many times that experiment didn't pan out.

i think everyone in the revival part of this thread is pretty transparent about the outcome bias. We are just celebrating a win

 

[Juxtaposer]

For what's it is worth, Maladroit's argument was procedurally sound. Hertl's improvement was improbable, so crowing about this contract send tinged with outcome bias.

I hate to be this person, but it wasn’t improbable to people who watched Hertl play, especially after the playoffs he had against Vegas. I said a hundred times that with a little finish, Hertl could be a 70 point two-way center. And given that it wasn’t like he had stone hands, him developing finish wasn’t out of reason.