Confirmed with Link: Sabres sign Nathan Beaulieu (2yrs, $2.4m AAV)

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[JOHNBOY]

Gooooood Goooooooooooooooood

 

[Sabre the Win]

nice.

the 2.4 is not his AAV is it?

 

[Zman5778]

nice.

the 2.4 is not his AAV is it?

E-Rod's value there was $650k, which wound up being his AAV.

 

[Zman5778]

Cap friendly shows him at a $2.4m AAV, but is also saying "unconfirmed"

 

[Zman5778]

https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/sabres-beaulieu-agree-to-2-year-contract/c-290551918

The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has signed defenseman Nathan Beaulieu to a two-year contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $2.4 million.

 

[Duddy]

Omgz overpaid

 

[dire wolf]

Seems fine to me. Curious to see how he does under Housley. The upside is definitely there.

 

[ZZamboni]

Fine deal.

Aren't most #4/#5 that are decent in the league making 1.5 to 2.5 AAV now?

Not an overpayment from what i can see.

 

[Sabre Dance]

Shows some confidence in him. He is locked into a top 6 role now IMO. This likely pushes Gorges to 7th D.

Nothing we didn't expect but just confirms it.

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

Maybe 150k more than I thought Bealieu'd get, but the priority here was always to secure the second year when you're looking at 1 at closer to 3 in arbitration.

 

[Sabre Dance]

Nevermind

 

[Jame]

Nice

 

[Dingo44]

Nice signing. Could end up being a bargain for the next couple of years after some Housley magic (hopefully!).

Does this leave Zemgus as the lone unsigned RFA?

 

[sabresfan129103]

Totally down with this. Solid price for a 4-5 d-man. If he's a train wreck (which I don't think he will be) they're only committed for 2 seasons.

 

[old kummelweck]

Just Girgensons now, right?

 

[Ace]

Just Zemgus for RFAs. Though it's another 8 year contract I keep looking for.

 

[BananaSquad]

Thats pretty sick for Bealieu, yo.

LETS GO BUFFALO!!!

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Was hoping for a 1 year show me type deal for him but this isn't terrible.

All of the top 6 are locked up beyond this season.. Could be a great thing if things work out right. Still a lot of question marks though...

Edit - Antipin is Rfa after this year for some reason I thought he had a longer ELC. My bad.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

Surprised he got 800k more then McCabe AAV, but in the grand scheme of things his contract is more then fair. Only when compared to McCabes deal could you question any of it but even taking into account McCabes deal this is still totally fine, salary and term wise. Beaulieu is still an RFA after this deal is up correct? Or does this take him right into unrestricted free agency?

Either way, it feels good to have our D in place. We have our top 6 locked in place and the two oldest are 27 years of age. The other 4 are in their early or mid 20s and we also have Guhle waiting in the wings. It's remarkable how much better our D is now in the short time Botterill has been in charge.

 

[Ace]

It's remarkable how much better our D is now in the short time Botterill has been in charge.

Yeah all those games they've played.

Pretty remarkable.

Antipin, Guhle coming...both great moves the last GM couldn't have pulled off amirite?

 

[Djp]

Surprised he got 800k more then McCabe AAV, but in the grand scheme of things his contract is more then fair. Only when compared to McCabes deal could you question any of it but even taking into account McCabes deal this is still totally fine, salary and term wise. Beaulieu is still an RFA after this deal is up correct? Or does this take him right into unrestricted free agency?

Either way, it feels good to have our D in place. We have our top 6 locked in place and the two oldest are 27 years of age. The other 4 are in their early or mid 20s and we also have Guhle waiting in the wings. It's remarkable how much better our D is now in the short time Botterill has been in charge.

He is 24 now, turns 25 in december. On July 1st 2019 when this contract ends he is 26. He has still one more year left.

McCabe is younger by a year than beaulieu. When mccabe is resigned I expect it to be around $4M-$4.5M.

 

[Sabre Dance]

Just Zemgus for RFAs. Though it's another 8 year contract I keep looking for.

Seems like the plan is RFA's 1st then the big one. I personally thought they would get the big one done 1st, but doesn't matter.

Zemgus hopefully gets a multi-year deal.

 

[5 Minute Major]

You value a guy enough to swing a deal for him you don't want to completely cheap out on that player the first chance you get. Especially if you are counting on good things from him.

 

[DJN21]

Seems like the plan is RFA's 1st then the big one. I personally thought they would get the big one done 1st, but doesn't matter.

Zemgus hopefully gets a multi-year deal.

I'll always have a soft spot for zemgus and would love to see him here long term but I have to imagine he's on a "show me" type of basis with his contract status given our glut on middle to bottom six guys in the system that could potentially replace him...