Confirmed with Link: Mark Stone signs 3-year deal, $3.5mil cap hit

[Erik Alfredsson]

What does this mean?

There was some guy a couple guys ago saying Murray has been doing nothing but sitting on his ass when it comes to getting contacts done, and basically saying he hasn't been doing anything since the end of the season.

 

[DJB]

Beauty contracts for him and Z. Murray always does well with RFA contracts.

 

[saskriders]

Was hoping for more term, but still good.

 

[GWNR]

Was hoping for more term, but still good.

Keeps him an RFA. Made a lot of sense to keep it 3 years

 

[BonkTastic]

There was some guy a couple guys ago saying Murray has been doing nothing but sitting on his ass when it comes to getting contacts done, and basically saying he hasn't been doing anything since the end of the season.

"Some guy".

Sounds reliable.

 

[Slack]

Perfect! Way better deal than I expected.

Need to bring back the Murray troll face with all these great (re)signings.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

"Some guy".

Sounds reliable.

I would quote him but I don't really want to signal someone out.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

"Some guy".

Sounds reliable.

MAK broke the scoop on Anderson faking injuries. hes not just "Some Guy'

 

[Sens Rule]

So the Hart Trophy winner will make $2.25M next year!

Nice!

 

[BonkTastic]

MAK broke the scoop on Anderson faking injuries. hes not just "Some Guy'

What the hell did I miss this afternoon?!?

 

[tony d]

2 good signings today, great to get our young guns signed here.

 

[aragorn]

There was some guy a couple guys ago saying Murray has been doing nothing but sitting on his ass when it comes to getting contacts done, and basically saying he hasn't been doing anything since the end of the season.

Well in fairness, he has been fighting terminal cancer, so he has been a little busy. My guess is that Dorion takes care of most of the signings, trades etc... & BM mostly approves or doesn't whatever is being done. I'd be surprised if he wasn't already in mostly an advisory role.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Well in fairness, he has been fighting terminal cancer, so he has been a little busy. My guess is that Dorion takes care of most of the signings, trades etc... & BM mostly approves or doesn't whatever is being done. I'd be surprised if he wasn't already in mostly an advisory role.

I hear ya. But this guy was saying nobody was making any effort to get any of the RFA's signed.

 

[aragorn]

I hear ya. But this guy was saying nobody was making any effort to get any of the RFA's signed.

Agreed, if people paid attention from yr to yr they would notice that this is the time of the yr, right after the playoffs are done that most teams including Ottawa begin to re-sign their RFAs & get their budgets in order for the coming season. The draft, RFAs, development camp & July 1 UFA season is when most teams put together their rosters & organizations for the next season. August is arbitration time usually, September is the rookie tournament & preparation for main training camp. I guess some people are a little impatient but so far it seem the Sens are doing a great job, let's hope this continues through the draft & summer.

 

[Benjamin]

I was always a believer of Stone. Didn't expect him to be this good, though. He's gonna get better too...

 

[BonkTastic]

I hear ya. But this guy was saying nobody was making any effort to get any of the RFA's signed.

I still have no idea who "this guy" is.


*EDIT*

OK, I finally have been given context via PM. Y'all have gone full crazy.

 

[BigBush*]

Really like this deal. I would of been ok with a 8 year deal but this is just as good. Very fair cap hit

 

[Sens Rule]

Really like this deal. I would of been ok with a 8 year deal but this is just as good. Very fair cap hit

I liked an 8 year deal too. But this could be better.

3.5M x 3y + 7M x 5y = 45.5M
5.5M x 8y = 44M

Risk that he is injured or not awesome enough (Unlikely) if you go 8 years.

Some risk he is worth more then 7M in 3 years. If he is then we are golden because we have a straight up elite star.

I like all the 3 RFA contracts a lot!!! Beauty... Now sign Hoffman!

 

[Hutz]

If they'd locked them up in March, the same people would have probably complained that we rushed into the contracts and could have gotten better value if we'd held out a bit. Some people just like to complain.

 

[source]

Mark Stone scored 26 goals last season, and every single one of them was important. Is this an early sign that Stone has the potential to be the next Alfredsson for us?

13 of his goals were scored when the game was tied.
6 were scored when we were down by 1 goal.
4 were scored when we were down by 2 goals.
3 were scored when we were up by 1 goal.

7 were scored in the first period.
5 were scored in the second period.
12 were scored in the third period.
2 were scored in OT.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

Mark Stone scored 26 goals last season, and every single one of them was important. Is this an early sign that Stone has the potential to be the next Alfredsson for us?

13 of his goals were scored when the game was tied.
6 were scored when we were down by 1 goal.
4 were scored when we were down by 2 goals.
3 were scored when we were up by 1 goal.

7 were scored in the first period.
5 were scored in the second period.
12 were scored in the third period.
2 were scored in OT.

By the end of the season I pretty much only cared if Stone and Karlsson were on the ice. I got excited every time. Shame he got hacked a bit too hard by PK.

 

[freddy61]

Looks like Bryan Murray is back-loading all the extensions. He won't have to deal with those after this coming season. It's also understandable that he'd want to keep costs down this year since Phillips, Neil and Legwand will be gone after the season too so they will have a bit more to cover the increased cost of the RFAs they are signing now.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Looks like Bryan Murray is back-loading all the extensions. He won't have to deal with those after this coming season. It's also understandable that he'd want to keep costs down this year since Phillips, Neil and Legwand will be gone after the season too so they will have a bit more to cover the increased cost of the RFAs they are signing now.

That, and the salary cap generally goes up as well. Also, the expectation is that the young players will get better and will make more accordingly.

 

[The Lewler]

Beauty contract for a beauty player.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

By the end of the season I pretty much only cared if Stone and Karlsson were on the ice. I got excited every time. Shame he got hacked a bit too hard by PK.

Same and Hoffman, and Lazar's line. Huge 180 from start of the year.

And Hammond tbh.