Might want to wait until his play rebounds before breaking the bank.
Might want to wait until his play rebounds before breaking the bank.
With Crosby making 8.7 a season I would put Giroux at and around 7.5 to 8.5 a season.
I wouldnt sign Giroux to this extension until he proves hes back to being an elite scoring threat. I dont know if anyone has noticed that hes been "pedestrian" this year.
Last year Giroux reached elite status in the sense of being a constant scoring threat, multi-point games, highest time on ice, turning heads and setting the tone out there.
This year he is more like a great player but not "elite".
How many games did he actively win for us this season? How many times did he do anything spectacular and/or game changing out there?
As much as he is the center of this team he simply does not deserve 8M per or more right now.
You can't do that comparison though. Crosby signed a 12 year deal with nearly all of the cash up front. Us Pens fans expect Malkin's cap hit to be in the 10mil range, maybe higher. I'd expect Giroux to come in at least at the Perry hit.
This deal will take him to 34 / UFA. It is his career deal. He is the captain, face of the franchise, etc. It would be nice for him to take some kind of discount, but he'll be giving up his prime, his UFA years, etc. He should fight to get paid highly while counterbalancing the needs of the team (at least including the thought marginally in his decision). If he stays here, plays well, possibly at some point win a Cup, then money will never be an issue. He'll be a legend in this town.
Wow, are you guys serious? I love the doom and gloom and panic around this place. He's played 30 games since last season. Henrik Sedin must not be elite anymore either. Neither is Kovalchuk. Zach Parise, forget about it! These guys have less than a PPG too! Gimme a break. He's the same player he was last season. He's having a "down" year in the sense that he is a shade under a PPG pace on a team that is playing like crap. He is still playing a complete game. He is improved on faceoffs. The way this team has been playing, very few, if any, players could single handeldy win games for this team. The Flyers have three one-goal games in which they lost this season season. They have six one goal games in which they won this season. One of those six Giroux scored the game winning goal. Another he assisted on the game winner. The rest of the games have been either won or lost by two or more goals. Surely you are not suggesting that he should be held accountable for not being able to swing those games by three goals and somehow is no longer the player he was last year based on this.
- Couturier and Schenn will need raises, though Schenn's cap hit shouldn't go up much from that $3.1 number.
His wrists are never, ever going to be the same.
Personally, I dont think he'll reach that level of play again without a bonafide #1 winger on BOTH sides.
It took Jagr for him to flourish and as soon as they let him walk, I knew we'd be in for some scoring woes.
You bring up all these stats about one-goal games.. Guess what partner.. Good teams win them, the Flyers lose them.
Oh Claude stole one game this year huh? Color me impressed.
Why is it bad to propose a contract weighted more on current output than based on possible future potential?
Homer has offered a lot of contracts based on potential lately: JVR, Voracek, Simmonds, Coburn just to mention some and only about half of those contracts seem justified and help the team in the current cap situation.
A player's development curve is rarely pointing straight upwards over a timespan of 8 years. If you take a single career year as a basis for an 8 year contract you very likely will be disappointed. In many cases you end up with a Briere like situation that is solveable but not ideal.
Wow I know it's the going rate about rest of teamReport: Flyers to break bank over Giroux extensionI know it's the going rate but wow!
http://flyersfaithful.com/2013/03/20/report-flyers-to-break-bank-over-giroux-extension/
Hes traded before that extension kicks in