Confirmed with Link: Panthers sign Dave Bolland (5x5.5)

[I am not exposed]

Bolland is a good player, its just that he has had his fair share of injuries, and that his contract is excessive.

It is what it is. I'll be supporting him, and hope he does well.

 

[jol]

The Panthers are 15 million away from the ceiling and all the players that need to be resigned are really inexpensive minus Kulikov. There should still be 5 million left minimum after they're signed. We're not close to the cap.

Is Ekblad included in 5? If not his contract will take about $3 million (if he plays ).

JOL

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Is Ekblad included in 5? If not his contract will take about $3 million (if he plays ).

JOL

It's 925 k base though (which I counted). If you are referring to bonuses your bonus total can be up to 7.5% higher than the cap, with the penalty counting next year, which wouldn't matter with so much salary coming off the books after this season. I still think they'll be fine though.


Olsen, Guds, Pirri, and Hayes should all be cheap. Kulikov will be interesting.

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

It's 925 k base though (which I counted). If you are referring to bonuses your bonus total can be up to 7.5% higher than the cap, with the penalty counting next year, which wouldn't matter with so much salary coming off the books after this season. I still think they'll be fine though.


Olsen, Guds, Pirri, and Hayes should all be cheap. Kulikov will be interesting.

I'm assuming max ELC for Ekblad so that is 3.

Pirri should be 3-3.5
Hayes probably 2
Olsen and Guds should be 1.5-2.

Possibly K Hayes as well so add 2-2.5 in cap hit (ELC). Kuli will be the wildcard but I see something like 4-4.5 cap hit for him.

We also will have one or more of Flash/Kopy/Upshall being traded and an addition or two left.

I'd say we'll be looking at 63-66 mill in payroll this year.

 

[Erased]

I'm assuming max ELC for Ekblad so that is 3.

Pirri should be 3-3.5
Hayes probably 2
Olsen and Guds should be 1.5-2.

Possibly K Hayes as well so add 2-2.5 in cap hit (ELC). Kuli will be the wildcard but I see something like 4-4.5 cap hit for him.

We also will have one or more of Flash/Kopy/Upshall being traded and an addition or two left.

I'd say we'll be looking at 63-66 mill in payroll this year.

There is no way Jayes is paid more than Guds. I see Jayes around 1.5-2 and Guds around 2.5-3(kulikovs bridge was 2.5). Kulikov is 2 years away from UFA so either it will be a one year deal at around 4-5 or theyll try to lock him up mid-long term for between 3.5 and 4.5.

I think the max bonuses paid by a team for an ELC is 2.85 so Ekblad as a 1OA will likely take up 3.5ish.

It may also take some extra bonuses to swing Kayes away from Calgary.

We'll also have only 11 players on the roster after next year and will need to have room to re-sign Huberdeau Bjugstad and whoever else we'll need to fill out the roster.

 

[flapanthersfan]

I'm assuming max ELC for Ekblad so that is 3.

Pirri should be 3-3.5
Hayes probably 2
Olsen and Guds should be 1.5-2.

Possibly K Hayes as well so add 2-2.5 in cap hit (ELC). Kuli will be the wildcard but I see something like 4-4.5 cap hit for him.

We also will have one or more of Flash/Kopy/Upshall being traded and an addition or two left.


I'd say we'll be looking at 63-66 mill in payroll this year.

what in the world has Pirri done at the NHL level to get $3+ mil? i expect him to sign for $1-1.5 at best and be happy that it's a 1-way deal.

Same with Hayes.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

I'm assuming max ELC for Ekblad so that is 3.

Pirri should be 3-3.5
Hayes probably 2
Olsen and Guds should be 1.5-2.

Possibly K Hayes as well so add 2-2.5 in cap hit (ELC). Kuli will be the wildcard but I see something like 4-4.5 cap hit for him.

We also will have one or more of Flash/Kopy/Upshall being traded and an addition or two left.

I'd say we'll be looking at 63-66 mill in payroll this year.

You have Pirri at 3.5 and J Hayes at 2? Wut.

 

[MintyFresh88]

Yeah, there's absolutely no way Pirri is getting anything close to 3.5. He should be getting around 1.5-1.8 and Hayes should be 1-1.25.

Gudbranson will probably be around 2-2.5 and Kulikov could get anywhere from 3-4.

 

[Erased]

Yeah, there's absolutely no way Pirri is getting anything close to 3.5. He should be getting around 1.5-1.8 and Hayes should be 1-1.25.

Gudbranson will probably be around 2-2.5 and Kulikov could get anywhere from 3-4.

I can see Tallon overpaying Kulikov to make it a one year "prove it" deal before he hits free agency.

 

[FrolikFan67]

mackinnon and yakupov are both .925, 2.850 with bonuses. ekblad will get the same.

kulikov will probably get 4-5yrs, 4.25-4.8 per.

i assume pirri gets 2yrs. first year 2way, 2nd year 1way. because after this year flash, upshall, kopecky, and bergenheim's (hopefully hes extended) contract will all be up, its a little crowded right now.

gudbranson will get a 2yr bridge im guessing, maybe around 2.5per like kulikov got.

 

[vendetta]

wow its crazy how everyone *****ing last year about the team looking disinterested and no heart or compete level then ***** that tallon brings in guys like bolland and values character too much... and no way pirri gets around 3... prob 1.5 and be happy to get top 6 minutes and pp time to probe he deserves more

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Bolland shows he is nothing more then another GREEDY sports star. Hope he hears it from Leaf nation when he comes back.

 

[IceManCat]

Bolland shows he is nothing more then another GREEDY sports star. Hope he hears it from Leaf nation when he comes back.

no one cares

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Bolland shows he is nothing more then another GREEDY sports star. Hope he hears it from Leaf nation when he comes back.

They'll be too tired from booing their own awful team.

 

[IM Clutcm]

They'll be too tired from booing their own awful team.

 

[Dread Clawz]

I'm assuming max ELC for Ekblad so that is 3.

Pirri should be 3-3.5
Hayes probably 2
Olsen and Guds should be 1.5-2.

Possibly K Hayes as well so add 2-2.5 in cap hit (ELC). Kuli will be the wildcard but I see something like 4-4.5 cap hit for him.

We also will have one or more of Flash/Kopy/Upshall being traded and an addition or two left.

I'd say we'll be looking at 63-66 mill in payroll this year.

Holy overpayments. There's no way those players get that much, except for Guds.

 

[adam graves]

They'll be too tired from booing their own awful team.

Laugh fans are the worst. but very amusing.

 

[Effe]

My guess on the RFAcontracts

Ekblad 0,925M
Olsen 1M
Guds 2,5M
Kulikov 4M (might end up as a bridge deal aswell on something around 3,5M
Hayes 1M
Pirri 1,5M

 

[CanadianPantherFan]

Bolland shows he is nothing more then another GREEDY sports star. Hope he hears it from Leaf nation when he comes back.

The "sports experts" up here in Canadaaaa think otherwise and Leafs are in trouble. Waste your energy on booing our 3rd line centre while Bjugstad and Barkov CARVE..... YOU...... UP!

 

[angry_treefrog]

Bolland shows he is nothing more then another GREEDY sports star. Hope he hears it from Leaf nation when he comes back.

If Leafs fans are booing, it means Bolland is being effective. Noone bothers booing an opposing player who stinks or is not playing due to injury.

The louder and more frequent the booing from the Leafs is, the happier Panthers fans will be.

 

[I am not exposed]

They'll be too tired from booing their own awful team.

 

[Panteras]

just sucks when a guy like Vrbata went for 5 and is a right winger

 

[Beaninfritz]

The "sports experts" up here in Canadaaaa think otherwise and Leafs are in trouble. Waste your energy on booing our 3rd line centre while Bjugstad and Barkov CARVE..... YOU...... UP!

Lol, sports experts? Do you mean those guys on TV or something?
Leafs fan here in peace. I was honestly livid when they were willing to offer $5m a season for him. Just about everyone else on the Leafs board felt the same.

Bolland had a great start to the season. Since he's canadian, of course Don Cherry was all over him with the highlights during coach's corner. People who just watch for that soak that junk up. Then he got that freak injury, came back, and showed he had problems turning left while skating (not sure if he could even do it at all). So now we're at the point where it's "Okay Dave. We understand you're coming off a serious injury, how about signing a short 1 year deal to show you can regain form, and we'll throw the money at you when extension time comes around?"

IMO, that would've been the best idea. Sign him for 1 year at say $4.25, throw in some bonuses, and if he shows he's fine, enjoy your lucrative extension!

Instead, he takes the highest offer and jumps ship. That doesn't sit well with me. I think he knows something, and was just going to stay tight lipped about it.

The guy has only played one season of injury-free hockey, and is coming off a major injury.

It would've been nice to keep him around for another year at an affordable price to see where he's at, but he had other plans I guess. I hope he doesn't end up being a huge bust for you guys, but I don't think he's worth anywhere near $5.5 even without that tendon injury.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Lol, sports experts? Do you mean those guys on TV or something?
Leafs fan here in peace. I was honestly livid when they were willing to offer $5m a season for him. Just about everyone else on the Leafs board felt the same.

Bolland had a great start to the season. Since he's canadian, of course Don Cherry was all over him with the highlights during coach's corner. People who just watch for that soak that junk up. Then he got that freak injury, came back, and showed he had problems turning left while skating (not sure if he could even do it at all). So now we're at the point where it's "Okay Dave. We understand you're coming off a serious injury, how about signing a short 1 year deal to show you can regain form, and we'll throw the money at you when extension time comes around?"

IMO, that would've been the best idea. Sign him for 1 year at say $4.25, throw in some bonuses, and if he shows he's fine, enjoy your lucrative extension!

Instead, he takes the highest offer and jumps ship. That doesn't sit well with me. I think he knows something, and was just going to stay tight lipped about it.

The guy has only played one season of injury-free hockey, and is coming off a major injury.

It would've been nice to keep him around for another year at an affordable price to see where he's at, but he had other plans I guess. I hope he doesn't end up being a huge bust for you guys, but I don't think he's worth anywhere near $5.5 even without that tendon injury.

Welcome to the NHL, not NHL 14.

You can't just pick and choose the amounts and years you sign players for. Why wouldn't he take the best offer?

 

[MintyFresh88]

He's a 28 year old UFA...he did what any other guy in that situation would do.