Speculation: Holtby's next contract?

[Marshall]

He's an RFA having a very strong season, so what do you think his next contract will be worth in term and money?

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[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

5 years/$30M

I'll be pleasantly surprised with anything under that dollar amount.

 

[SpinningEdge]

It is going to go two ways.

Either long term which will be 6-8 years - or he will sign for a 2-3 year deal and be a UFA when he's in his prime years of 27/28 years old (like Mike Green did).

I'm hoping It's a long term deal and we can just commit to him. It has been long overdue the Caps committing to a goalie and Holtby seems like the right guy. Continuously improving, liked in the locker room, and good character. Sign the guy and get him paid!

7 years/38.5 million (5.5/year).

 

[Chimaera]

bank.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

2 year deal. $10 mil

 

[hockeykicker]

im bad at guessing contracts so id have to say 6 years 30 mil but just as long as that leaves some room for additional pieces

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Holtbys great play is making is impossible to keep both Green and Holtby

 

[Calicaps]

Holtbys great play is making is impossible to keep both Green and Holtby

No contest.

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

The smart contract would be in the 3-5 year range, costing around 4-5Mill a year.

 

[g00n]

Holtby doesn't strike me as a take the money and run guy. I think if GMBM is shrewd he can nab him for the low end of his comparable range as BH has thrived under Korn and will likely want to continue that relationship.

So who would be his comparables?

 

[billcook]

Holtby doesn't strike me as a take the money and run guy. I think if GMBM is shrewd he can nab him for the low end of his comparable range as BH has thrived under Korn and will likely want to continue that relationship.

So who would be his comparables?

Something between Steve Mason (3\4.1) and Corey Crawford (6\6).

I think it would 4 or 5 years for 5.5 million.

 

[pman25]

I think 5 years $30 mil is about right.

 

[Raikkonen]

Getting Holtby signed for 5+ for next 4 seasons would be very good. Cheap as hell. And this will be till the moment Orpik's contract expires. Not that it's very important, GMBM could make it work with any other term too.

 

[BiPolar Caps]

Comparable to Semyon Varlamov's deal with Colorado, which was 5 years 29.5. We'll go 5 years 30.

 

[OVs Gold Chain*]

Definitely a long-term deal after the string of goalies they went through to arrive at him, but Holtby strikes me as the type of guy who would take 1-1.5 less than market value for the sake of the team.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Would what happened with Jim Carey factor into things? Or is that ancient history and no relevance?

I think it should be considered.

 

[g00n]

Holtby is not a flash in the pan. He's been playing at high levels in the NHL for 5 years. Carey never had a yearly NHL save% above the .913 his first 28 games as a Cap and flamed out pretty quickly. His playoff stats were terrible. Holtby has been the opposite.

Not that worried about a collapse. More concerned about health but you never know. The best tend to want to play.

 

[MyCapsCap]

What ever it takes. Just keep him on the team.

 

[Bananas]

It's getting bigger by the day...

 

[stanleycaps18]

Carey was like Mike Liut. Once the book was written, he became ineffective. The Caps sold high on him (and I was a huge fan of his). Holtby doesn't have those issues and has performed. I am hopeful that smart UFAs will realize that if they take a small discount, the sum of the whole will improve by leaving room for better additional pieces. I don't know if Holtby or others will think that way, but Ted has shown he will spend to the max under the cap.

 

[ChibiPooky]

$6M per, 8 years. Franchise goaltenders don't grow on trees (though some argue there's no such thing).

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

Ovi and Backstrom come off the books in 4 years, so we'll have plenty of space

 

[trick9]

23m/4yr (5.75m AAV) is my prediction.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Holtby is not a flash in the pan. He's been playing at high levels in the NHL for 5 years. Carey never had a yearly NHL save% above the .913 his first 28 games as a Cap and flamed out pretty quickly. His playoff stats were terrible. Holtby has been the opposite.

Not that worried about a collapse. More concerned about health but you never know. The best tend to want to play.

Good to read. My memory of the 90's is fuzzy at best, but I do remember being behind Carey as the future, then he was gone. Not ready to go all in on Holtby yet because of it.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Don't care. Just pay him. Love Holts.