Confirmed with Link: Joel Edmundson Signed (4-Years @ $3.5M)

[BergevinBurner]

I'm hoping he has something lined up to trade Domi/Danault and Mete/Kulak as a package and was just waiting for this signing to pull the trigger.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Give him #10.

 

[jaffy27]

Good deal! f*** yea

It’s exactly what I called it at, 4yrs at 3.5 to 3.7m$

great deal, love it, now it’s definitely bye bye Kulak

 

[Sterling Archer]

not this, but no scoring I hate

Well he was top 50 in points for D. Also this isn’t the move to get goals but rather prevent them.

 

[Habricot]

It wont be that easy to play agaist mtl next year. Now i agree we need to get some help on the wing...

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Not a bad deal and player in the basic sense

If anyone can figure out what Bergy is building with this team and what direction they are going with 8 million spent on a backup and 4-5 dman when wing is the issue, im all ears.

Wing is not an issue. We have Tatar, Drouin, Domi, Gallagher, Armia, Byron, Lehkonen + Caufield.
Thats four top 6 wingers + 1 potential (caufield), and three solid 3rd line wingers.

We can make it better by replacing one of them with a big goalscorer, but even without that, wing is not a weakness for the habs.

 

[Runner77]

good signing,

now MB let's get scoring... you clown

I like how you're approving of the signing but you're still calling Bergevin a clown.

It's like that poster in the thread where Julien became hospitalized, wished him well but still referred to him as "Clod".

This place, sometimes.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

What happen if next season is a repeat of this season?

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I'll take 8 million(which won't last more than 1 year) in a much needed backup and 4-5 dman over 8 million in sweet nothing for another year. We still got tons of cap space if for the first time in forever we can use it on a good player.

Instead of spending for sake of spending, rather see acquire cap dumps with futures attached if they are going to acquire guys that barely move the dial

 

[Archijerej]

Now we'll see if it's a part of a larger plan or just tinkering around the edges.

The contract is not bad. One of Chiarot/Edmundson should be easily moved if needed.

 

[The Great Weal]

I'm fine with Chiarot and Edmundson as our 2nd and 3rd pairing. I'd like someone nasty that takes no prisoners and is good defensively who can also chip in offensively. I'm not fine with either guy being on the first pair. We need a PMD on the left side in the worst way because those 2 are very similar players and Mete/Kulak are not the answer.

 

[Runner77]

I wonder what exactly people expected. The guy got in front of an arbitrator last season and got awarded 3.1 million a year. Being a UFA, he was certainly going to get a bit more. This is fair market value.

There was no getting around it. As a pending UFA, he had leverage. He went for term and sacrificed a little money. Also, the uncertainty of the flat cap and reduced league-wide revenues probably factored into the decision. The Molson group will have no trouble paying his salary on time unlike some other teams.

 

[Habsfan18]

Really solid AAV. A year or even two more than I was hoping for, but you usually have to sacrifice term for a favourable salary.

 

[The Great Weal]

Instead of spending for sake of spending, rather see acquire cap dumps with futures attached if they are going to acquire guys that barely move the dial

We aren't spending for the sake of spending. Mete and Kulak suck ass and we needed a backup. It's a lot of cap for those 2, but the only cap dump we were able to acquire(which we can still do) in the last 3 years is taking on Mason.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Wing is not an issue. We have Tatar, Drouin, Domi, Gallagher, Armia, Byron, Lehkonen + Caufield.
Thats four top 6 wingers + 1 potential (caufield), and three solid 3rd line wingers.

We can make it better by replacing one of them with a big goalscorer, but even without that, wing is not a weakness for the habs.

The wing got exposed badly with this pretend playoffs. You listed depth and ok wingers on bad teams, you need quality

 

[Chili]

Looks a lot like the Marco Scandella contract with the Blues ($14 mils vs 13.1, same term).

A little surprised at the term, though seems to be a good deal.

And they upgraded draft picks with the Scandella trade.

 

[Simarino]

Wing is not an issue. We have Tatar, Drouin, Domi, Gallagher, Armia, Byron, Lehkonen + Caufield.
Thats four top 6 wingers + 1 potential (caufield), and three solid 3rd line wingers.

We can make it better by replacing one of them with a big goalscorer, but even without that, wing is not a weakness for the habs.

Too many similar wingers!! not enough size,not enough shooter, not enough grit and no real 1st liner a bunch of 2/3rd line players.

 

[Runner77]

Now we'll see if it's a part of a larger plan or just tinkering around the edges.

The contract is not bad. One of Chiarot/Edmundson should be easily moved if needed.

Exactly. There is some flexibility if Bergevin has to move a contract. Still, I don't like the idea of Chiarot as the first pairing D to start the season but if things stand as they are, that's where we're headed.

 

[Whitesnake]

1 year more to keep it at 3.5....fine I guess. I'm okay with that. But it's still just Edmunson. Better than Kulak. Shouldn't be a regular top 4 on a great team. No doubt that a 3 years would hav cost 4.2. So Bergie just bought himself 700k by giving 1 more year. Good deal. Still tons of work to do.

 

[JoelWarlord]

Wing is not an issue. We have Tatar, Drouin, Domi, Gallagher, Armia, Byron, Lehkonen + Caufield.
Thats four top 6 wingers + 1 potential (caufield), and three solid 3rd line wingers.

We can make it better by replacing one of them with a big goalscorer, but even without that, wing is not a weakness for the habs.

That's two top six wingers, Domi who it remains to be seen if he can adjust to the wing, and Drouin who is sub replacement level. And yes, three good 3rd line wingers. It is a massive, gaping hole on the roster that we are still penciling in Drouin to the 2nd line.

 

[Runner77]

What happen if next season is a repeat of this season?

We'll make a Groundhog Day script out of it.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

If this and Allen is all he does both deals suck.

If he does more and its positive then this could be a solid deal.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

We aren't spending for the sake of spending. Mete and Kulak suck ass and we needed a backup. It's a lot of cap for those 2, but the only cap dump we were able to acquire(which we can still do) in the last 3 years is taking on Mason.

Does it move the team forward? Not really. Its the same kicking chairs on depth.

Edmundson is ok but we have seen this play out more often then not for Bergys tenure, there is often nothing after these moves

 

[le_sean]

I can live with that. Expose him to Seattle.

 

[salbutera]

What Gordo actually said on Melnick’s show was Edmundson will easily get $6M on the open market he's well respected around the league for which Melnick fell off his chair & almost had a cardiac arrest