Confirmed with Link: Leafs Re-Sign Richard Panik (1 Year, .975M)

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Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 46s46 seconds ago
Richard Panik signs a $975,000, one-year extension with #leafs.

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[MapleLife*]

Seems about right

 

[Paradoc]

Good deal. One of the few players I like on this team.

 

[Swervin81]

Fair enough.

 

[hamzarocks]

not bad, good thing its only one year

 

[MR4]

Would've targeted a cheap long term contract.

 

[JamesFromLondon]

I like it.

 

[bansheebeat]

great deal. think he scores 25 if he's top-6 this year

 

[Leaf Rocket]

good contract and hopefully it's an upward trend from him.

 

[mikebel111*]

nice signing, another great move by Leafs including the Kessel trade which was also good

 

[-DeMo-]

great deal. think he scores 25 if he's top-6 this year

and probably 5 assists.

 

[Leafsman]

What does this have to do with the Kessel trade though?

 

[MapleLife*]

Would've targeted a cheap long term contract.

I believe 2 years or more wouldve brought him to UFA

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

I really liked him. Tough and played a rather rough game (in todays NHL) but also had some nice skills he showed at times. Think Babcock will help him take a step forward.

 

[carko32]

I really like this signing, he can show even better play than he showed last year, even though I really liked him last year. Hopefully we can develop him in true top9 player, maybe even top6 player, he looked like top9 player last year few times.

 

[Bullseye]

He's a Babcock boy - resign him to an extension during the season if its going well please.

 

[Menzinger]

Great. I think he will flourish with more responsibility.

 

[Doug Gilmour]

Glad to see him back. Give him some ice and let's see him kick it up a notch. He really looks like with some top 6 minutes that he will flourish.

 

[SprDaVE]

Low risk re-sign. Easy to do.

Hopefully he comes prepared for training camp. He needs to find some form of consistency. Last year he'd be fantastic one period and then completely disappear. He'll be in line to play a lot of minutes if he works for them.

 

[Warden of the North]

Really good deal for us

 

[RyanOhReally]

I love Panik. He'll be the kind of player that'll excel anywhere in the line up. He's a Babcock player, that's for sure. I'd say he plays Top 6 minutes all season and gets about 15 (respectively) on this bad team and plays hard every shift. I want to see him punch Brendan Smith some more.

 

[Jes5ant]

and probably 5 assists.

So on par with Beleskey then.