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Year 1 is for the Pegula lifestyle. Year 2 is for the Olofsson lifestyle. His qualifying offer has to be at least $3.25 million.
he could also just be a legitimately good negotiatorthe players are helping him quite a bit by being reasonable too
I would want to see him perform better at even strength first.
Dear Ben,
VO is a .8 PPG player, and without the injury he is prob close to 1.
ZG is a .3 PPG player.
This team has plenty of ZGs, and needs more VOs. Shutup and pay the kid.
Sometimes the analytics crew needs to THINK and not just GRAPH. So his Corsi Against is bad. Do we REALLY care that opponents get a few more shots against when he's on the ice if he's potting 35? Not every player is freaking Michael Peca.
If I'm not mistaken, this upcoming season they will be paid their contracts* regardless of whether the season is 40 games, 53 games, 68 games, 82 games. I think it's a huge leap to think a full 82-game season will be played, regardless of what the league & NHLPA say, and the media report. So, in some regards, the "reasonableness" of the players negotiations is offset by the likelihood they will "work less" for their pay this season, even accounting for 20% escrow or whatever the reduced HRR ends up being distributed as the players share.the players are helping him quite a bit by being reasonable too
So, is that fact? As soon as I read he signed for 2 year I was wondering the same thing. RFA have 2 seasons?Victor Olofsson - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
Looks like he will still be RFA at deals end.
I was worried this took him right to UFA since he turns 27 the years the deal ends. But His birthday is mid July so the deal expired when he’s still 26.
So, is that fact? As soon as I read he signed for 2 year I was wondering the same thing. RFA have 2 seasons?
Isn't that basically a less extreme version of laine's chart last year or 2 years ago? Didn't he improve a bit?
This chart is compares both players for this season:
Laine's metrics have been pretty consistent other than last year, he was a big time negative player a year ago.
Fancy charts aside, the main point is that most of his value came on the power play, and giving out a long term deal to a guy who wasn't very good at scoring goals even strength isn't necessarily a great idea.
Getting outscored by girgensons who played with Larsson and okposo, while playing with eichel and reinhart is not good.
That's not some "analytics chart " criticism, his even strength scoring was objectively poor. He can definitely improve, but you can't pretend he contributed that much outside the power play or that a player who is only effective on the power play should get a big contract
Oh gotcha. We're in agreement then on the term. Just feel different about the justificationsThis wasn't going to be a long term deal for him anyways. He was going to get a 1 or 2 year deal no matter what, for the simple fact that either one left him RFA at the end. The fact that he has 60 NHL games under his belt also told everyone that. Very few players get long term deals with restricted years in front of them.
The entire argument was a strawman to begin with.
What are you referring to?If we don't mention the word "bridge" we can pretend the guy wasn't screwed.
I think that's an underrated aspect. Building strength is usually talked about because all of these guys are pretty aerobically fit, but if he feels he can improve in that venue could be a big boost. Different game when you're not sucking windOlofsson: "I feel like two years is the perfect deal for me right now"
Preparation
I felt like sometimes I got a little bit tired. I've been working on my endurance and trying to become even faster and even quicker out there."
Could be as simple as playing on lower lines. Playing with Jack puts him in some pretty tough matchups.Unfortunately so far you are right. Hopefully coaching and some muscle will help at least a bit.