Confirmed Signing with Link: [MIN] F Matt Boldy signs extension with the Wild (7 years, $7M AAV)

[ref19]

Yikes. This scares me for what Vilardi is going to get this Summer.

He won’t get 7mil.

That is not true and you know it. Or else the rest of the league would be signing contracts like these because everyone's in a "cap world".

Minny are betting that Boldy becomes a player of 9M in today's cap. It's bold and therefore warrants some criticism.

I don’t know that.

 

[Guttersniped]

Coyotes did the same thing with Dvorak and the Rangers with Skjei. Its an overpay at the time, but the trade off is trying to catch them just before they truly break out and by waiting you end up costing yourselves $2 million in cap space.

Didn't work out in the Coyotes or Rangers case. Both traded very early in their extensions for 1st round picks.

Well Skjei worked out for Carolina.

Not sure Dvorik’s 6 year/4.45m deal puts him in the same class and his contract was viewed as good value when he was traded. Arizona wanted extra 1sts pretty badly and he got them one.

That’s is not true and you know it. Or else the rest of the league would be signing contracts like these because everyone's in a "cap world".

Minny are betting that Boldy becomes a player of 9M in today's cap. It's bold and therefore warrants some criticism.

Stützle, Hughes, Brady Tkuchuk, Suzuki, Svechnikov, Heiskanen, Thomas, Norris, Thompson, Kyrou… how many examples do you need?

Not every team has a young player potentially worthy of a contract like this AND has the cap space to hand out long term deals.

Sometime teams do bridge deals because that’s all they can afford but the cap is about to jump way up after the escrow debt is taken care of. Teams want young stars as cost controlled assets.

Nathan MacKinnon is going to make 12.6m next season, 7m isn’t super star money .

 

[Jugitsu]

atm is probably worth half that money.
again with these contracts... truck load of money for 21 year old with 80+ career games in the NHL

sign them long, sign them early
these 7 x 7 or 7 x 8 mill contracts
have become standard contracts
for young promising talent..

in finland we have this saying called;
järki käteen!

You are the last person I would expect to have any sort of understanding on the nuances of the cap and the future so this take doesn't surprise me one bit.

 

[LongWayDown37]

As with most of these extensions - this seems way high and long to me for Boldy.

Makes me concerned about what Cozens is going to get prior to next season....

 

[Chainshot]

As with most of these extensions - this seems way high and long to me for Boldy.

Makes me concerned about what Cozens is going to get prior to next season....

I'm of the mind that almost all of these extensions have been good to great value thus far.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

As with most of these extensions - this seems way high and long to me for Boldy.

Makes me concerned about what Cozens is going to get prior to next season....

Probably something pretty close to Robert Thomas.

 

[MNPios4]

He won’t get 7mil.


I don’t know that.

If Vilardi stays on his current pace, I would expect his next contract to start at 4M.

 

[TageGod]

Cozens deal is gonna hurt.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

People so out of touch with players salaries its incredible.

You guys think a 7 million player is supposed to be ppg or something? I don't get it.

the dude is on pace for like 60 points , thats a 6-7 million player any day in todays world.

Plus buying RFA years

Give your heads a shake

 

[stokes84]

Tage Thompson deal looking better by the day

Yes, but now what are we going to have to pay Cozens? His number is going to be big.

 

[MuckOG]

Yes, but now what are we going to have to pay Cozens? His number is going to be big.

On a 7 year deal, probably in the $6-$7 million range

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

On a 7 year deal, probably in the $6-$7 million range

Cozens is a near-PPG center right now. If he stays there for the rest of the year, he's > Suzuki and ~Robert Thomas, less maybe a couple hundred thousand per year for the 7 vs. 8 years.

He would be this even without Boldy's signing.

 

[LongWayDown37]

On a 7 year deal, probably in the $6-$7 million range

Not if you're using Boldy at $7M/per as a benchmark. Cozens has outproduced him playing a much more important role with the Sabres.

 

[MuckOG]

Not if you're using Boldy at $7M/per as a benchmark. Cozens has outproduced him playing a much more important role with the Sabres.

I will give you that centers come at a premium, but he has only slightly outperformed Boldy this season. Last season Boldy outperformed him in just a little more than half the number of games played.

Lets see how each of them finishes this season.

Also, the cap is due to significantly raise in a few seasons. $7 million will seem like a bargain as long as Boldy continues to improve his game.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

great young player ... but 7 mill a year ? come on

 

[MuckOG]

great young player ... but 7 mill a year ? come on

What would you have paid him?