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harold says stay at home defencemen are underrated.
I am dreading the upcoming contract for Gudbranson. Giving him 5m+ and term will seriously impede the ability of the next GM to re-work the defense.
That said, if the next GM is Tallon, it would make a lot of sense to ownership to lock him up.
Interesting times.
I know there has been a lot of Smoke around Tallon and the Canucks, but I am not sure he will be the guy. We have gone through Nonis, Gillis and Benning and there seems to be a pattern, we went old boys new thinker, old boys, and with the old boys performing as poorly as they have, I think we may see a forward thinker. Especially when we look around the league and see the trends.
No way. After seeing a rookie GM flame out so bad they will be going for someone with GM experience.
I am dreading the upcoming contract for Gudbranson. Giving him 5m+ and term will seriously impede the ability of the next GM to re-work the defense.
That said, if the next GM is Tallon, it would make a lot of sense to ownership to lock him up.
Interesting times.
No way. After seeing a rookie GM flame out so bad they will be going for someone with GM experience.
So I'm trying to find the precedent for the 5M figure people keep throwing around. Best I came up with is Danny Dekeyser's 6/30 and Jared Spurgeon's 4/20.75.
Both are similar in that it bought one year of RFA and the rest would have been UFA, which is going to be the case for RealGud's contract.
There is also Tanev 5/22.25 but is 2 RFA/3 UFA, so it's a bit cheaper.
Dekeyser and Spurgeon are both 20-30 point guys whereas RealGud is more of a 10 point guy. Tanev is in the 15-20 range. I'm not knowledgable enough to compare the rest of their games but Dekeyser and Spurgeon are playing 22-23 minutes a game whereas RealGud is more of a second pairing guy here, averaging under 20 minutes/game. If someone wants to offer more knowledgable comparisons of these players I would of course welcome it.
These seem like the best examples of contracts that RealGud's agent can point to if he's asking for 5+M from the Canucks.
Another possible comparable might be Jake Muzzin who signed 5/20, buying 4 years of UFA. Muzzin is clearly a different kind of player but he too is in the 23 minute/game range and putting up 40 points so I think his agent will want to stay away from that one.
Finally, there is Methot, who is really the only comparable that has as low of production as RealGud. He got 4.9x4 as a UFA. So if RealGud were to (just for the sake of argument) take 3.5 again next season and then hit UFA, and get a similar contract to Methot on the UFA market, that would be akin to signing a 5/23 contract today, or 4.6 AAV.
What do you guys think? Do you have any other comparables that I am missing?
I think that I would be okay with something like 5/20 for this player. Much like I said in the Horvat thread, I think 5+ is lunacy and would set a new precedent rather than following any existing ones.
So I'm trying to find the precedent for the 5M figure people keep throwing around. Best I came up with is Danny Dekeyser's 6/30 and Jared Spurgeon's 4/20.75.
Both are similar in that it bought one year of RFA and the rest would have been UFA, which is going to be the case for RealGud's contract.
There is also Tanev 5/22.25 but is 2 RFA/3 UFA, so it's a bit cheaper.
Dekeyser and Spurgeon are both 20-30 point guys whereas RealGud is more of a 10 point guy. Tanev is in the 15-20 range. I'm not knowledgable enough to compare the rest of their games but Dekeyser and Spurgeon are playing 22-23 minutes a game whereas RealGud is more of a second pairing guy here, averaging under 20 minutes/game. If someone wants to offer more knowledgable comparisons of these players I would of course welcome it.
These seem like the best examples of contracts that RealGud's agent can point to if he's asking for 5+M from the Canucks.
Another possible comparable might be Jake Muzzin who signed 5/20, buying 4 years of UFA. Muzzin is clearly a different kind of player but he too is in the 23 minute/game range and putting up 40 points so I think his agent will want to stay away from that one.
Finally, there is Methot, who is really the only comparable that has as low of production as RealGud. He got 4.9x4 as a UFA. So if RealGud were to (just for the sake of argument) take 3.5 again next season and then hit UFA, and get a similar contract to Methot on the UFA market, that would be akin to signing a 5/23 contract today, or 4.6 AAV.
What do you guys think? Do you have any other comparables that I am missing?
I think that I would be okay with something like 5/20 for this player. Much like I said in the Horvat thread, I think 5+ is lunacy and would set a new precedent rather than following any existing ones.
A total of 20 games in, and can see why the Panthers deemed Gudbranson expendable....is he a top-four d-man?...maybe in Jimbo's world he is, but the jury is out, and Florida wasn't going to pay him to find out.....so they flipped him for a former first-rounder (McCann) and a high second, along with another pick. They then traded the Canucks second rounder along with Kulikov to the Sabres for d-man Mark Pysyk, another former first rounder who comes in a lot cheaper and who they figure is just as good. And they also got the 38th and 89th picks...a nice haul for Florida....and Jimbo left holding the bag again with a 'foundational piece', who clearly isn't.
I would definitely be shopping him hard if I were GM, don't get me wrong. But losing an asset for nothing is never a good idea. Could qualify him at 3.5M but then he rejects and you have a hold out and bleeuurgh. Better to deal him now or sign him to a contract you can live with (and that you might be able to deal later.)
I would definitely be shopping him hard if I were GM, don't get me wrong. But losing an asset for nothing is never a good idea. Could qualify him at 3.5M but then he rejects and you have a hold out and bleeuurgh. Better to deal him now or sign him to a contract you can live with (and that you might be able to deal later.)
Where is the Tallon stuff coming from?
The last 3 GM's we have had have been rookies, 1 flamed out, one was pushed out in Nonis, and one was the best they have had, probably in franchise history.
yes I'm hoping they just move him for that 20 goal scoring winger they want. Best case scenario is probably a 4 yr deal 3.75-4.0-4.25-4.5- cap hit 4.125His next contract is gonna suck. I just hope the term is only 3 or 4 years instead of 5 or 6.
I don't think going back that far matters. Current staff with no experience was a failure and in my opinion the ownership group won't do that again.