Confirmed with Link: Kreider extended 7 years, AAV approximately $6.5MM

[JT Kreider]

OliverDobson straight up throwing out hot takes in this thread like candy on Halloween.

Right, because I'm taking a careers worth of elite play from Crosby, Malkin, Bergeron, Toews and Kopitar over Zibanejad and his sample size of 140 games, that makes me an Islanders fan.

Zibanejad still isn't a top 10 player in this league no matter how badly we all want him to be. But he is definitely on an upwards trajectory and sooner than later will surpass some guys like Marchand, Bergeron and Kane who are in the final years of their peak while Zib is just hitting his.

McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Matthews
OV
Crosby
Barkov
Pastrnark
Kucherov
Kane
Marchand
Bergeron
Panarin

Are all better, among a few others, at this exact moment in time.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Only 6 more years after this season!

 

[LokiDog]

Only 6 more years after this season!

Hopefully only 2-3 as a Ranger.

 

[gump116]

If he’d waive, I’d see if the bruins would take him for nothing. Wasn’t a great contract from the start, and with a flat cap and then getting lafreniere to make Kreider our 3lw long term, it’s looking even worse now

 

[bernmeister]

Big overreactions.
He's fine for the time being.

 

[bernmeister]

Big overreactions.
He's fine for the time being.

 

[Hire Sather]

Sometimes it feels like you should almost never extend any player long term once he's 30

 

[bbny]

Big overreactions.
He's fine for the time being.

Agreed. These lulls he goes into is why he's a $6.5M player and not a perennial 40 goal $8-9M player. It is what it is. These disappearing acts are built into the contract valuation.

 

[Hire Sather]

Big overreactions.
He's fine for the time being.

Coming from someone who declares himself correct anytime one of his darlings has one good game

 

[gump116]

Sometimes it feels like you should almost never extend any player long term once he's 30

Coming up soon with Mika. Really difficult to just let guys like that walk or trade them as expiring, but it’s probably the right move

 

[NYSPORTS]

Sometimes it feels like you should almost never extend any player long term once he's 30

nope, unless it’s short term imo. Somebody like Panarin won’t lose that rocket shot. A Kreider, the power forward without a great shot concerns me.

 

[Leonardo87]

I guess he should have had 3 hat tricks this season so he wouldn’t be thrown under the bus..

 

[LeetchisGod]

Sometimes it feels like you should almost never extend any player long term once he's 30

Not unless they're elite which Kreider is light years from.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Coming from someone who declares himself correct anytime one of his darlings has one good game

He's always correct, the resident f***ing genius.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I want to change my answer to hate it.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

A lot of us were being optimistic. He had an insane run and for some reason everyone forgot what he is.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I don't even worry so much about the production. That has always come and gone with him.

This is a player who should be impactful even when he isn't scoring. He's been floating, soft, unengaged for most of the season. He had a better 3rd period tonight (until the end) which included a pretty monster shift where he created 2 turnovers and pasted Pelech. That shit should not be negotiable with him, that should be the norm. I'll live with the streaky scoring as long as those other elements show up on a regular basis.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I think we have to live with the fact that Kreider is always going to be inconsistent. What we need is for the coaching staff to hold him accountable when he is like they did earlier tonight before they put him back in in ot, if he stinks he doesn't play simple as that, grind it out on the 4th line.

 

[bl02]

He looks good on the 4th line and the 4th line looks good on him. Keep him there. Bring in Gauthier. Put whoever you want at center. With the way he has played no way he should be starting on the first line tuesday but he probably will.

 

[bernmeister]

He's always correct, the resident f***ing genius.

everybody bookmark this.
In a few months, I'm gonna let it speak for itself.

but not until then...

 

[SnowblindNYR]

everybody bookmark this.
In a few months, I'm gonna let it speak for itself.

but not until then...

Bookmark the genius's posts when he proves how he's smarter than everyone.

 

[Synergy27]

He looks good on the 4th line and the 4th line looks good on him. Keep him there. Bring in Gauthier. Put whoever you want at center. With the way he has played no way he should be starting on the first line tuesday but he probably will.

Kreider-Rooney-Gauthier is a beastly fourth line. That would require the coach to make two correct lineup decisions though. No way that happens.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

who leads the team in goals?

 

[NYSPORTS]

who leads the team in goals?

Will he be leading the team in goals in years 3-7 of this contract? That’s the key.

 

[darko]

Geez didn't take long to turn on Kreider.