Confirmed Signing with Link: [NSH] Nashville sign Dan Hamhuis (2 years-$1,25 million AAV)
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imo it's more of a diss of Dallas than Vancouver. If it were just about being remembered as a Canuck vs Pred, I'd think he'd prefer to be remembered as a player who came within 1 game of winning a cup, which happened as a Canuck. His decision now is probably based on his desire to win a cup today, which of course puts Vancouver out of it so there's no snub there, but leaving Dallas is another matter. I know Dallas has some young upcoming D men, so maybe they are the ones walking away from Hamhuis, but it could also be Hamhuis walking away from Dallas.
Dallas walked away. Hamuis quoted earlier this season they were keeping options open for a trade.
Last year, defensive minded Hitch used Hammer and Patyrn in the shut down role, which they did quite well statistically and by the eye test for about 2/3 of the season. At the end, during the big losing streak, they ran out of steam, but so did the whole team. I think some of Hammer's decline at the end was age and over use.
Keep him to under 20 a game, give him every 10th game off, and he should be a solid D for NSH.
And he did comment that DAL wanted to save all their salary for a big acquisition, although I am not sure they would have minded keeping him at $1.25M. The second year probably scared them off. The Dallas problem is that they have run off a lot of good young D prospects who have done okay to well for others over the years. Nill has made some comments (and hired a coach) that says we finally have to let our "yutes" play and contribute. I mean, Nisky, Jo Benn, Dillon, Nemeth, Jamie O and so far, Honka, were all NHL D, at some level, that they just wouldn't let play, or dumped with slump too quickly.
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I think this is a great signing. This guy can still play top 4 minutes, and to get that for 2 years at sub 1.5m is a steal.
I think this was moreso about money (and thus term) for Hamhuis then it was about Nashville looking for some sort of insurance against Ellis.
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He’s smart to take a 2 year . Thought he was going to get 1 if lucky on his reputation but he’s declining
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Can still play top 4 minutes if need be. Really good insurance if one of Josi or Ekholm go down. Hamhuis can fill in the top 4 without skipping a beat.
Now that Washington has gotten the monkey off their back it would be nice to see Nashville win the cup next year. Poile has been one of the better GMs in the league and has built a very good team in Nashville mainly through years of drafting. It would be nice to see Rinne win a cup.
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Hamhuis had a bad concussion with the Canucks. He is a slower defenseman that carries the puck. I think there is lots of risk.
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Oh no how will the Preds ever recover from a 3rd pair D underperforming on a 1.25mill AAV deal
Lots of risk behind Josi, Ellis, PK, Ekholm lol
He just played 159 out of a possible 164 games in Dallas...
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Danhuis was always one of the better defensivemens in Nashville Predators, so this is certainly one very cheap and effective signing. Stanley Cup for Nashville is easily imagined.
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Management treated him poorly on his way out. I would've liked to see him retire as a Canuck rather then watch players like Sbisa and Hutton take up space on the left side.
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I don't think this signing as anything to do with Ellis and his contract. I think this is something Poile was looking to do anyways as he did with Emelin last year. He's the guy that steps up if someone gets injured, rather than getting stuck with Irwin or Weber playing in the top 4. I'd say it's pretty likely Bitteto will be on waivers to the AHL after camp, unless he decides to dump one of Weber or Irwin.
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He's not what he used to be. But for this contract and term. Makes you wonder how did one of the deepest teams on D in the NHL get him and others could not. Good signing Preds.
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Totally missed this, but it's a pretty awesome deal for Nashville. No real downside to it at that price. Getting a low maintenance steady veteran defenceman who can still play a bit of Top-4 if needed...for basically lower-end bottom-pairing money.
Obviously Hamhuis valued the familiarity over money there...i can't imagine he wouldn't have fetched more money somewhere else. But he's always been kind of big on stability and taking care of his family situation. Kinda surprised not to see a NTC of some sort listed for the deal though, considering that. Although you have to imagine Nashville are going to be in the playoff hunt the next 2 years and not really looking to sell off great value depth, so he's gonna be safe enough anyway.
Obviously Hamhuis valued the familiarity over money there...i can't imagine he wouldn't have fetched more money somewhere else. But he's always been kind of big on stability and taking care of his family situation. Kinda surprised not to see a NTC of some sort listed for the deal though, considering that. Although you have to imagine Nashville are going to be in the playoff hunt the next 2 years and not really looking to sell off great value depth, so he's gonna be safe enough anyway.
