Confirmed with Link: Olli Maatta 1 year deal

[FinPanda]

Its a good signing, he has a lot of experience and will definitely be a solid 5-6 for Detroit. Detroit seems quite interesting from a Finnish pov with all these signings

 

[PelagicJoe]

I forgot all about this dude and thought he was like 39 or 40. Short deal, good as a place holder since there isn't jack shit available on defense this year.

 

[Hoog]

One year deal, great signing

 

[Frk It]

Could be decent, I hope his feet aren't as bas a I remember.

 

[Ricelund]

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Except he's not good at defense. He's a warm body that is sometimes not injured. No better than ddk.

He's always been good at defense. He sucks at skating...hence the low term and money amount.

Utilize Määttä as a third pairing defenseman and you'll probably be quite happy with what he provides. Plug him into a top 4 gig and he'll get burned. With this kind of contract there's very little downside. If he works well he's a likely a trade piece at the deadline. If he inexplicably falls off another cliff then it's a one year deal that can be quickly excised.

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

Yeah. The only fair way to play players is on a game to game basis, with their play in the previous game deciding what they get paid for the upcoming game.

Nawww. Shift to shift, baby!

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

If our homie JFresh is right then this is a realgud deal.

Maatta next to Seider could be solid.

 

[Umingmak]

This is a really good signing. Cheap, and just one year. If he doesn’t work out, it doesn’t really matter.

He was solid for LA in the second half, though his first half was awful.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

He's always been good at defense. He sucks at skating...hence the low term and money amount.

Utilize Määttä as a third pairing defenseman and you'll probably be quite happy with what he provides. Plug him into a top 4 gig and he'll get burned. With this kind of contract there's very little downside. If he works well he's a likely a trade piece at the deadline. If he inexplicably falls off another cliff then it's a one year deal that can be quickly excised.

I'm guessing 18-20 minutes, 3 minutes a night on the PK.

Nawww. Shift to shift, baby!

Practice to practice! This mans will be put under the biggest microscope known to mankind!!!

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

I'm guessing 18-20 minutes, 3 minutes a night on the PK.



Practice to practice! This mans will be put under the biggest microscope known to mankind!!!

If he does not attack each step of his day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind, I do not want him

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

If he does not attack each step of his day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind, I do not want him

He better show some intensity when changing his underwear in the morning or the Detroit HFBoards machine will chew him up and spit him out.

 

[Martinez]

Staal replacement

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

The Copp deal is too long and too much $$$. He doesn't even play C. Head scratcher and we still can't score....

You could save yourself some typing if you just posted this in reaction to any deal the Wings make today:

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Good move. He is the exact sort of player we needed to target on the blueline at this stage.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

You could save yourself some typing if you just posted this in reaction to any deal the Wings make today:

Dude...you just won 1st star of the day.

 

[lilidk]

He is a defensive defenceman. Don't expect anything else.

Could he fight?, Does he hits ?

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

You could save yourself some typing if you just posted this in reaction to any deal the Wings make today:

Thought this place was to share opinions....

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Like this signing. Feels like he has been playing forever in NHL, but is only 27-year old.

I still remember for the first few years after he was drafted the incessant crying on here about how we traded our 1st rounder that year for Kyle Quincey, when if only we'd kept that pick we could have drafted Maatta instead.

Obviously these days people have moved on to crying about how we could have drafted Vasilevsky instead.

 

[jaster]

The signing is fine, but in the end, given that it's a 1-year deal, it probably won't Maatta.

 

[Pavels Dog]

At first I confused this with us signing Joulevi and was like ’wtf’.
I can get behind this.

Chiarot-Edvinsson-Maatta isn’t great, but it’s improvement.

 

[Hen Kolland]

The other signings have now all been confirmed by the Wings socials team....this one has not been confirmed.

 

[Bench]

The signing is fine, but in the end, given that it's a 1-year deal, it probably won't Maatta.

I hate you.

Spoiler

in the best way

 

[Gniwder]

The other signings have now all been confirmed by the Wings socials team....this one has not been confirmed.

It's on Capfriendly

 

[Henkka]