Confirmed with Link: Penguins avoid arbitration with Dumoulin for another 6 years AAV $4.1million

[Clare2904]

Hearing was scheduled for today but no need now. Beers all around

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[Big McLargehuge]

Beautiful. Was hoping we'd get him in the neighborhood of 4x3.5, but I'll gladly take 2 extra UFA years at an extra $600k hit.

 

[Clare2904]

Everyone happy?

A bit more from the Pens site https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/brian-dumoulin-resigns/c-290481986

 

[tbassett]

The AAV is a little high but with that length you can't really complain. Will make things a little tight this year, especially when we still need a 3C. But I'm happy with it

 

[Asuna]

damnnnnnn....that's a contract....lol

 

[Jacob]

Yeah that's a completely expected cap hit for what he brings.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I like the player, but i don't like the deal.

Its about 500K more per year then he deserves IMO.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

Bam. I'll take it. I know Maatta's deal was signed at a different time in his career, but in the here and now there's no way to justify to Dumo and his agent that he should be paid less.

 

[radapex]

I like the player, but i don't like the deal.

Its about 500K more per year then he deserves IMO.

Based on... ? Comparable players have been going in the $4- to $5-mil range as UFAs. This deal buys 4 UFA years. If you give him a Brendan Smith value of $4.35-mil in UFA years, that works out to $3.6-mil in his two RFA years. Pretty reasonable.

 

[Beauner]

It's....beautiful. Have a few (or exactly 3) Bud lights dumo!

 

[SirBrad]

I like the player, but i don't like the deal.

Its about 500K more per year then he deserves IMO.

When you factor in NHL inflation and what a guy like Dumo would command on the open market, I think it's more than fair. You need to lock guys like Dumo up or else you end up taking the Caps approach and overpaying and getting stuck in bad contracts once the guys are past they're prime.

 

[Shwag33]

Pretty good deal I think.

 

[66-30-33]

Was hoping for 3.5 long term. Dumo gets almost the price he was asking for (4.3). Guessing Sheary is getting the Arvidsson deal now? ugh.

 

[Captain Hook]

Fair deal. Nice to have him locked up long-term now.

 

[Son Goku]

Awesome

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

More than i wanted but exactly what I expected.

It's a good deal.

 

[cheesedanish87]

Based on... ? Comparable players have been going in the $4- to $5-mil range as UFAs. This deal buys 4 UFA years. If you give him a Brendan Smith value of $4.35-mil in UFA years, that works out to $3.6-mil in his two RFA years. Pretty reasonable.

Most def who produce such little offense don't get payed this much, Smith did, but most don't.

Its not an awful deal, just a little more then i'd like.

 

[hagelin1381]

AAV may be a tad high but it's for 6 years and he is super important to this team.. No complaints here

 

[wej20]

AAV may be a tad high but it's for 6 years and he is super important to this team.. No complaints here

Should be a rock in the top 4 for the next 6 years.

 

[ColePens]

In 2 years this will look freaking beautiful. That's high, but i am so happy we got 6 years. The term really benefits the Pens. The $$$ obviously is there to benefit Dumo. While I wish it was ANYWHERE in the 3s

I still like it. I love the term. I am happy Dumo is here for that term. After that, say goodbye and he becomes an Orpik like player.

 

[Pick87your71Poison]

Haha they really wanted to torture people for as long as possible. Now we can move on to Conor.

 

[Dying Alive]

I wasn't expecting him to sign for 6 years. Really happy.

 

[SirBrad]

In 2 years this will look freaking beautiful. That's high, but i am so happy we got 6 years. The term really benefits the Pens. The $$$ obviously is there to benefit Dumo. While I wish it was ANYWHERE in the 3s

I still like it. I love the term. I am happy Dumo is here for that term. After that, say goodbye and he becomes an Orpik like player.

Keep in mind we said the same thing about the Maatta deal. I think it should look beautiful but there are no guaranteed. With that said, there is still time for the Maatta deal to look beautiful I guess.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Love the 6 years! Half way through it this contract will be solid as hell.

 

[Pancakes]

Seems a little high considering his complete and total lack of offensive talent but oh well.