Player Discussion Jones signs 2 year extension
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Great for Jones, he's been solid, improved every year, and I think he's got another gear. Hopefully he's up for good!
The writing is on the wall for Lagesson. And I suspect one other vet d-man...
The writing is on the wall for Lagesson. And I suspect one other vet d-man...
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Doesn’t really matter. I don’t care how much Katz saves by playing him in the minors. Doesn’t affect waivers or the cap.
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I think his contract also indicates this. If he doesn't fit it's a friendly/asset contract we can move as. If he turns out to be a part of the long term plan we sign his next contract with that in mind.
I like Jones, but we have a lot of options moving through the system right now. It's not a bad problem to have at all.
Happy with this signing. I think Holland has been doing a good job of managing assets and patiently waiting until some of our contacts are off the books to make any significant waves. Then again his style has never been to make any waves.
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Russell is a goner in the off-season.
I see something like this next year (harder to project for after):
Klefbom - Larsson
Nurse - Bear
Jones - Benning / Bouchard (if ready, but the defensive balance on that pairing might be a bit off without Benning)
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Good signing. I wonder if this means Lagesson is out. I'm hoping they keep him as the 7D. He's at least good in that role IMO.
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The timing of this is interesting. Did they want to make sure they knew they could lock him up first because they are going to use another d-man to acquire some help at forward (ie. Larsson or Russel)?
I want to see Lagesson in a few more NHL games. I think he's a smarter player than Jones but no way as dynamic a skater. Jones is baby-Nurse in the NHL... his brainfarts per minutes has lowered quite a bit since his first few games.
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I am going to guess that Bear signs a 2 year deal as well for less than many of us might think. Ideally they would try to lock him up but next year might be the year to be a bit frugal with deals like his.
Players speak highly of Playfair (and Tip). Nice to hear.
Who knows maybe they'll try to get him locked in too, and we see some major changes up front. As it stands they're all guys who will be waiver eligible next season, and are likely to be grabbed off the wire if put on waivers so this portends movement.
I rate Jones more highly, because he has a more competitive game, and there's a quickness and decisiveness that's been there from the start. In Bakersfield Jones was often the floor general, he impacted the game just by being on the ice sometimes. Lagesson, not so much. Steady though.
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Del Preston
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CF has the signing bonus but the base salary is $700K for next season. They are using themselves as the source for the contract instead of Chris Johnston.
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Yeah I see that now. I e-mailed them 20 minutes ago about it and they replied back saying their base salary was incorrect.
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According to Leaf fans he wants to play in Toronto and will sign a team friendly deal.
It'd have to be nearly league minimum I guess lol.
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