Confirmed with Link: Matt Duchene signs with Dallas (1-year, $3m)

[MrHeiskanen]

I think Duchene can get a lot more than that.

Then why didn't he take it this summer?

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Then why didn't he take it this summer?

It's almost like folks expect the salary cap to increase.

 

[redbeardtx]

Depends on whether he wants to win or make as much $ as possible. I guess we'll see. Hope he stays though

 

[LT]

Even as a business decision, his current contract makes sense. One of the big knocks on Duchene is his lack of playoff experience, which isn't really a fair criticism. He's hopefully going to have a long playoff run this year and finally get a chance to show the league he can elevate his game in the playoffs.

Assuming that does happen, he could easily be looking at another 50M+ contract offer next season. Not from us, ideally, but from someone.

 

[BigTomBomber]

Even as a business decision, his current contract makes sense. One of the big knocks on Duchene is his lack of playoff experience, which isn't really a fair criticism. He's hopefully going to have a long playoff run this year and finally get a chance to show the league he can elevate his game in the playoffs.

Assuming that does happen, he could easily be looking at another 50M+ contract offer next season. Not from us, ideally, but from someone.

Nobody is going to give him $50m. I guess one GM js all it takes, but I think he won’t even get over $30m - the guy is 33 yrs old. You think he can easily get something like a 6 year deal @ $8.5m? I just have a hard time picturing a 39yr old Duchene at that cap hit

 

[Troy McClure]

Then why didn't he take it this summer?

Because the offers guys like him got in the final year of the flat cap were terrible. Tarasenko, Kane, Domi, Bertuzzi, and many more dudes took one year deals this past off-season because the multi-year offers were all for very low AAVs because of how many teams were up against the cap even as free agency opened.

 

[BigTomBomber]

I just looked at his buyout $$ from Nashville - the guy is making a decent chunk of change from them.

- He was set to make $20m in actual dollars this year + next 2 (AAV $8m/yr) from Nashville
- He will be paid $9,333,335 in actual dollars this year + next 5 for the buyout

So he's $10.66m in the hole before this year; $7.66m going into FA this offseason

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Because the offers guys like him got in the final year of the flat cap were terrible. Tarasenko, Kane, Domi, Bertuzzi, and many more dudes took one year deals this past off-season because the multi-year offers were all for very low AAVs because of how many teams were up against the cap even as free agency opened.

No, he got the offer he got because he was very selective in where he wanted to play.

 

[Troy McClure]

No, he got the offer he got because he was very selective in where he wanted to play.

Yes, because the cap situation limited him to a few low-ball offers.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Yes, because the cap situation limited him to a few low-ball offers.

Chicken or egg argument here.

 

[LT]

IIRC he also said he was blindsided by the buy-out. May have just taken the first "good" deal he got offered to go to a favorable situation.

 

[Troy McClure]

Chicken or egg argument here.

Not really. The cap situation was a problem before he and the other vets who took one year discount deals hit free agency. He was a victim of being bought out in the single worst offseason for guys to be UFAs.

 

[EXTRAS]

He could probably find someone to pay him 7m x 5 years
Been point per game ish 2 of the past 3 seasons.

 

[Zapp]

IIRC he also said he was blindsided by the buy-out. May have just taken the first "good" deal he got offered to go to a favorable situation.

he touched on this in the podcast interview, he tried to come to Dallas in 2019 and we told him we couldn’t because of the cap.

 

[Johno]

he touched on this in the podcast interview, he tried to come to Dallas in 2019 and we told him we couldn’t because of the cap.

Damn, that 2020 Playoff run with Duchene could have been the magic that took us all the way. Although someone probably wouldn’t have been there, if Matt was.

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Damn, that 2020 Playoff run with Duchene could have been the magic that took us all the way. Although someone probably wouldn’t have been there, if Matt was.

Definitely would've been no Pavelski. Probably would be looking at:

Pavs+Perry ($8.5 million) or Duchene ($8 million)

 

[starsfan86]

3 years 5 million AAV

 

[TeamCanadaGoldChamps]

we need to find a way to keep this guy for the next 3years