Confirmed with Link: Robin Lehner re-signed $2.225M/3 yrs

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Via Sens twitter:
The new contract for #Sens Lehner has an AAV of $2.225M ($1.5M, $2.025M, $3.15M) #TheLehner

https://twitter.com/Senators/status/494838095645515776

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[saskriders]

Will he be a UFA?

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Will he be a UFA?

Has to be either 27 or accumulate 7 seasons of service. He'll be 26 when the contract expires (barely) but I'm not too sure about the seven-season rule. At the end of his contract he'll have played games in seven different seasons, starting with his eight-game stint in 2010-11. I THINK that means UFA, but don't quote me on that.

EDIT: scratch the age, Fuhr's right. He'll be 25, not 26.

 

[The Fuhr*]

Will he be a UFA?

Don't think so...only be 25 when deals up

Solid contract

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

Has to be either 27 or accumulate 7 seasons of service. He'll be 26 when the contract expires (barely) but I'm not too sure about the seven-season rule. At the end of his contract he'll have played games in seven different seasons, starting with his eight-game stint in 2010-11. I THINK that means UFA, but don't quote me on that.

EDIT: scratch the age, Fuhr's right. He'll be 25, not 26.

His ELC also slid after that first year so I doubt it counts as a season of service.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Nice.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

I really believe in Lehner, i would have preferred longer term.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Solid deal!

 

[yoplait]

Very happy with this contract. He will be this team's starting goalie by the end of the year in my opinion.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

I really believe in Lehner, i would have preferred longer term.

Robin's not a dummy. He has confidence in himself and that in 3 years he is likely to be our starter, and can get paid much more than this. It would have been a tough sell to get him to sign longer than 3 at that salary.

 

[Healfezza]

Awesome contact! 3 year term is a HUGE concession in my opinion, I was expecting a 2 year bridge. Cap hit is solid.

 

[BonkTastic]

 

[saskriders]

Well if he will still be a RFA than I am very happy

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Great contract. That's one more item off the summer to-do list.

Kid's going to be a rock for us in nets in a few years.

 

[Inf4mous0ne]

Good deal. Hopefully the rest of the upcoming contracts are as good of value

 

[The Fuhr*]

Rask after his entry level deal made: 1.0, 1.5 and then 3.5

Hopefully develops into a star like him too

 

[OgieO]

Love it. Great deal. Love the Lehner.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Nice, gives him 3 years to prove he can be an NHL starter.

 

[BonkTastic]

Well if he will still be a RFA than I am very happy

He should still be an RFA.

To be UFA, he would need to accure 7 years of NHL experience, with "a year of experience" needing 10 games to qualify in his 18 & 19 year old seasons.

From the CBA:

For the purposes of this Section 10.2(a), a Player aged 18 or 19 earns a
year of professional experience by playing ten (10) or more NHL Games
in a given NHL Season, and a Player aged 20 or older (or who turns 20
between September 16 and December 31 of the year in which he signs his
first SPC) earns a year of professional experience by playing ten (10) or
more Professional Games under an SPC in a given League Year.

Lehner didn't start accruing "NHL years" until the 2012/13 season, which means by the time he's done this new 3-year contract, he will be under both the UFA age limit (27) and "pro years accrued" (5 years). I think my math checks out on this one?

 

[HavlatMach9]

solid deal for who'll hopefully be at worst a 1b goalie from the start of the contract

 

[Benjamin]

Fair deal.

 

[koreaboy]

I think is is a very sane, sensible, reasonable contract. We have arguably one of the very best tandems in the league now under contract for less than $6mil total. If we decide to resign Andy after this year, likely to something in the 3.5-5mil range, we still have goaltending for a reasonable price. If Andy absolutely rips it up this year and we commit to him long term, this is an easily tradable contract. And, what we hope for the most, if this time next year we have to run with Lehner as our no.1 after he rips it up this year or we've moved Andy, we have what could be a top level no.1 goalie under contract for less than $3mil. And he's still not a UFA at the end of the deal.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

I think is is a very sane, sensible, reasonable contract. We have arguably one of the very best tandems in the league now under contract for less than $6mil total. If we decide to resign Andy after this year, likely to something in the 3.5-5mil range, we still have goaltending for a reasonable price. If Andy absolutely rips it up this year and we commit to him long term, this is an easily tradable contract. And, what we hope for the most, if this time next year we have to run with Lehner as our no.1 after he rips it up this year or we've moved Andy, we have what could be a top level no.1 goalie under contract for less than $3mil. And he's still not a UFA at the end of the deal.

Remember when we had Elliott and Auld?

Very happy with this contract and the goalie position going forward.

 

[Icelevel]

triple thumbs up from me

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

He should still be an RFA.

To be UFA, he would need to accure 7 years of NHL experience, with "a year of experience" needing 10 games to qualify in his 18 & 19 year old seasons.

From the CBA:


Lehner didn't start accruing "NHL years" until the 2012/13 season, which means by the time he's done this new 3-year contract, he will be under both the UFA age limit (27) and "pro years accrued" (5 years). I think my math checks out on this one?

Looks solid to me. Awesome. Then there's not much not to like about this deal.

Should be a great value contract for our new Binghamton backup, eh Main?