Confirmed Signing with Link: [PIT] Brandon Tanev signs with the Penguins (6 years, $3.5M AAV)

[Hockey4Lyfe]

The problem with this is that Horny and Geno have never really clicked. Rust is well... pretty mediocre as well.

Yep. If anything Tanev will be with Malkin. Also don’t foresee Blueger not being in the lineup. He should be the 4th line C.

Don’t see Rust, ZAR and Tanev being on the opening day roster. Something is going to happen with one of them.

McCann can move up and down the lineup as needed. That’s Florida deal was a steal because of him being in it.

 

[Jacob]

McCann is top 9 IMO. If not top 6.

 

[philip]

Well, you can tell it's not his money...

 

[780il]

That's wayy too much

Term and money

 

[North]

Tanev will be great on Crosby's wing. Lots of hustle and heart, will complement his style. He'll be the next Dupuis.

Guentzel - Crosby - Tanev
Galchenyuk - Malkin - Hornvist
Rust - Bjugstad - Kahun
ZAR - McCann - Simon

Are you seriously advocating Tanev in the top 6?

 

[DearDiary]

If you had told me yesterday the Pens would sign Brandon Tanev for 6 years and that AAV I'd have thought you were insane.

Why not just come out and admit that you're jealous the Avs didn't sign him?

 

[AKAChip]

Tanev will be great on Crosby's wing. Lots of hustle and heart, will complement his style. He'll be the next Dupuis.

Guentzel - Crosby - Tanev
Galchenyuk - Malkin - Hornvist
Rust - Bjugstad - Kahun
ZAR - McCann - Simon

If this is truly what happens, and I doubt it is, you should be terrified.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

If I know anything about NHL coaches, it's that solid North American fourth liners who hustle will always be overplayed...

Either way Tanev is the exact kind of bottom sixer the Pens needed.

Turns out solid North American fourth liners who hustle will also get overpaid for way too goddamned long.

I take back my prior appreciation for adding this kind of player to the roster. That term and cap hit is utterly absurd and if this is what it costs to get someone on July 1 then don't f***ing sign anyone on July 1.

I hate questioning the competency of a man with 3 rings and just got a deserved HoF induction...but Johnson last year and Tanev this year reeks of a GM knowing he's going to retire long before these awful contracts end.

We all knew the future was going to be rough, but stop making the next GM have to spend significant assets to get rid of these obviously horrible contracts that don't even make the current team better (in certain situations much, much worse). f***ing hell.

 

[Mickey Marner]

For a second I thought this was a great deal. Then I realised which Tanev this was.

 

[googleIsMyFriend]

I suspect JR thinks he has the next Kunitz to play on Crosby's wing. Someone who can score 20 goals and do the dirty work on Sid's line and complement his grinder mentality.

He is 14g and 29 points winger with elite skating and work ethic. He can handle tough matchups and is good in d-zone. Good playoff performer. I think he can be a perfect fit for Penguins.

Yes, term is long and AAV is high, but those things doesn't matter. Penguins are in win now mode next 2-3 years and adding Tanev is an important piece of that puzzle. After that is tanking time anyway...

 

[MichaelFarrell]

I love Tanev but I really really hate the term.

 

[AKAChip]

He is 14g and 29 points winger with elite skating and work ethic. He can handle tough matchups and is good in d-zone. Good playoff performer. I think he can be a perfect fit for Penguins.

Yes, term is long and AAV is high, but those things doesn't matter. Penguins are in win now mode next 2-3 years and adding Tanev is an important piece of that puzzle. After that is tanking time anyway...

But that's not who he is. That's the production he got in a career year where most of his goals were gifts off turnovers or fluky deflections or terrible shots that somehow went in. He will be extremely lucky to produce half of that in any season over this contract. His skating also isn't elite. He's just very, very fast. Work ethic? I'll give you that but if you're paying this amount of money for a guy this mediocre, he better have a damn good work ethic.

 

[SpezDispenser]

For a second I thought this was a great deal. Then I realised which Tanev this was.

Ahaha, me too.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

He is 14g and 29 points winger with elite skating and work ethic. He can handle tough matchups and is good in d-zone. Good playoff performer. I think he can be a perfect fit for Penguins.

Yes, term is long and AAV is high, but those things doesn't matter. Penguins are in win now mode next 2-3 years and adding Tanev is an important piece of that puzzle. After that is tanking time anyway...

The problem is the Penguins are a *bubble* team at this point in time and keep using salary cap space in the dumbest f***ing way possible.

You go all-in, bubble or not, because the future is dim and you have superstars who can still bring it. But you don't go all-in by signing the Jack Johnsons and Brandon Tanevs of the world to massive term when they're not even worth their cap hit.

 

[Empoleon8771]

From listening to JR's comments, I'm willing to guess he at least spends some time in the top-6 with the Penguins. He wouldn't be the first defensive winger to explode in Pittsburgh, so I don't think it's fair to say it's a horrible idea already. I'm taking a wait and see approach with him, because if he continues the upward trend he has shown in his career, he may be able to provide exactly what Hagelin provided outside of his HBK run.

If he's a 30-35 point winger who brings speed, physicality and defense while fitting somewhere in their top-9, I'm completely happy with the deal. Sure, it's still too long, but getting that out of him is worth $3.5 million and I'll worry about his contract when he starts sucking.

 

[saffronleaf]

I was low key hoping the Leafs could make something work with him.

Ah well.

Don't worry we have ECHL stud Ceci. Home opener I'm going to deck him with waffles. Horrible dman.

 

[Richard]

I mean, this is serious mismanagement the last two offseasons. The Pens chances of winning are pretty much dead. Furthermore, they are driving out Malkin. Well done folks. Well, well, weellllll done.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

I mean, this is serious mismanagement the last two offseasons. The Pens chances of winning are pretty much dead. Furthermore, they are driving out Malkin. Well done folks. Well, well, weellllll done.

Absolutely none of this is true.

Well done on the try of the post. Weeelllll done

 

[mouser]

Why not just come out and admit that you're jealous the Avs didn't sign him?

Why would I care if the Avs sign him?

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Yikes that's a brutal contract.

 

[googleIsMyFriend]

But that's not who he is. That's the production he got in a career year where most of his goals were gifts off turnovers or fluky deflections or terrible shots that somehow went in. He will be extremely lucky to produce half of that in any season over this contract. His skating also isn't elite. He's just very, very fast. Work ethic? I'll give you that but if you're paying this amount of money for a guy this mediocre, he better have a damn good work ethic.

I really think that this is his real level. His shooting% was 11 and he outscored every other bottom 6 players in Jets except Perrault. (1 point difference) I don't think it was a fluke.

About his skating. Yes he is very very fast, one part of that is his high level athletism and one part is his excellent skating abilities. He can do more than just go fast in straight line.

 

[AKAChip]

I really think that this is his real level. His shooting% was 11 and he outscored every other bottom 6 players in Jets except Perrault. (1 point difference) I don't think it was a fluke.

About his skating. Yes he is very very fast, one part of that is his high level athletism and one part is his excellent skating abilities. He can do more than just go fast in straight line.

All I can say is, if you think that's Brandon Tanev's real level you are going to be extremely disappointed.

 

[googleIsMyFriend]

All I can say is, if you think that's Brandon Tanev's real level you are going to be extremely disappointed.

Well, time will tell.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO SIGN A CONTRACT LIKE THAT!!!

Can't blame him, he is a guy you WANT on your team.

 

[kabidjan18]

Lol at that price you can have him.