GDT: July 1 - Free Agent National Holiday

[Menzinger]

statically players start a quick decline at around 32-33 years old. between 24 and 32 atypically they have around 90% of their performance. that would be 4-5 years into the contract.

looking at lucic's history he's been pretty healthy.

no one thought that Jager would play to the age he has either. hard to categorize players like that.

Its true that there's a chance he stays an effective player.

But Jagr is the player he is first and foremost due to his puck skills - Lucic seems to rely on his physical game as much as his skill.

If he loses half a step in his skating ability I see a Mike Richards or Dustin Brown type decline in his future.

Never really liked him as a player anyway so I hope this turns out to be a massive blunder for the Oilers.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Good bye sweet prince

 

[Menzinger]

So Lucic got a Clarkson style contract - best news all morning!

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Bernier to NSH! make it happen! lol

Unless NSH offers something good, I would keep him. I would be happy to keep him for a year.

Schlemko to SJ for 4 for 2.1M. Very underrated signing.

 

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[Damisoph]

why is this here

 

[TheLeafsBro]

So the Habs were the runners up for signing Lucic. Damn. I wish they signed him 7 years. Their future would be ******.

 

[WTFMAN99]

19 pts...-22 (I know I know +/-) but that gets you term and 2.1M per now?

 

[saltming]

Yes Okposo .70 ppg vs JVR .62 suggests that. JVR will be UFA @ 29 yrs old and likely want a 6-7-8 x 7m deal. Okposo, 7x6 @ 28yrs old.

You're delusional. Okposo is a good player end of story.

To be fair Okposo had the luck to play with Tavares. Nuff said.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

Please sign no one today, leafs

Literally no one

 

[kk87]

Apparently the Habs were the runners up for signing Lucic. Damn. I wish they signed him 7 years. Their future would be ******.

Their future is already ******

 

[Menzinger]

Best reasoning for signing that god awful Lucic contract? 'well other teams were offering 6 at same money and were going for him hard, so it's not a bad deal'.

Hmm..... sounds very similar to Clarkson signing. Oilers offered him more money, so that means Leafs contract wasn't bad amriitee???

Chia's a bad GM whose trying to "do something " for the sake of doing something.

So far he's managed to give away one of the best wingers in the game and well below value and just gave his team a large long term cap anchor.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

The term being handed out is crazy. Ladd and Lucic are not max term players.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

19 pts...-22 (I know I know +/-) but that gets you term and 2.1M per now?

Guy has crazy good possession numbers. But then again its NJ who historically have really good possession numbers.

 

[Brown Dog]

Bizarro Burkie World: the draft is our July 1st.

 

[pspot]

Do the people who want to keep jvr still want to if he was 6 for 7 or do you now appreciate why his value is inflated

 

[Daisy Jane]

To be fair Okposo had the luck to play with Tavares. Nuff said.

to be fair, JVR broke his flipping foot.

again, I would be the first person to kick JVR out if the right defenseman came up, but I would also consider if he wants to stay in Toronto he could take less. (everyone was screaming how Kadri would want 6, etc, and really pump money into Kadri, and they both take very affordable, "work with the team" deals." JVR could easily do that.

 

[Antropovsky]

Poor Montreal, they were really going all in this year and mission lucic probably really hurt their grand plan....

 

[Rude Dog]

Please sign no one today, leafs

Literally no one

Leafs need to get tougher somehow. Teams are going to pound on the young guys

 

[MLG Ghost]

Please sign no one today, leafs

Literally no one

Yup!!! Lou should sit back, sip on a few drinks and watch the madness unfold!

Chiarelli has done Edmonton no favours this past few days.

 

[Trapper]

Please sign no one today, leafs

Literally no one

I think anyone the Leafs would plan on signing wouldn't need to happen today.
A leftover vet here or there in a couple of weeks.

 

[colchar]

why is this here

Um, because a member of the Leafs is no longer a member of the Leafs?

 

[Ari91]

None of these type of signings make sense for our team and I'm incredibly happy that the Leafs haven't tried to match any of those deals there. Every time my phone buzzes with an alert from my TSN app, I silently say a prayer that I'm not about to read "The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed...". At this rate, not doing anything may be the smartest move. I wouldn't mind Martin but not at the cost that these other guys are going for.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Okposo, Ladd and Eriksson all have signing bonus more than 50% of their dollars.

Lmao what's with this buyout proof contracts.

 

[Stand Witness]

Weise to PHI. Hope 4 years at big money lol I hate the Flyers.