Confirmed with Link: Sanford agrees to one-year contract (2m)

[elkranio]

1 year / 2 million

Sanford agrees to one-year contract

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[Linkens Mastery]

Could be worse

 

[Brian39]

Consider me whelmed. I think that this is probably higher than he would have gotten in arbitration, but I have zero confidence in that guess.

I'd still have preferred letting him walk without a qualifying offer.

 

[The Note]

Sure.

 

[TheDizee]

$1,531,151 in cap space left for thomas

 

[Spektre]

$1,531,151 in cap space left for thomas

I don't see that happening do you?

 

[simon IC]

Takes him right to UFA, just like Barbashev. Interesting.

 

[Mike Liut]

He’s a good 3rd liner who’s been asked to play top 6 too often.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

It's about what I expected. I think he starts on the third line LW assuming he's not traded but Tarasenko is. He's Berglund 2.0 - underwhelming for large stretches then gets supernova hot and makes you believe there's more under the hood if only he could just figure it out. I'd like to see him get moved with Tarasenko if at all possible.

I'm not worried about Thomas. We're going to resign him to whatever it takes - Sundqvist will probably start the year on LTIR anyway, or we can simply run a 13/7/2 roster for awhile.

 

[Spektre]

$1,531,151 in cap space left for thomas

Actually there's $2,317,818 in space if you drop Santini and MacMac... but I still think Tarasenko is traded and Bozak gets signed..... but we'll see I guess

This is if Kostin is on the roster as well...

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Takes him right to UFA, just like Barbashev. Interesting.

I mean it’s the absolute longest we should want either of them so that makes sense

 

[Beauterham]

1 year / 2 million

Sanford agrees to one-year contract

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

I'm going to be sick. Absolutely sick.

What is the reasoning for this? 2 million?!

 

[Brian39]

This projected lineup leaves us with $2.28M in space to fill the X (which you would assume is Thomas).

Perron-ROR-Buch
Saad-Schenn-Kyrou
Sanford-X-Tarasenko
Clifford-Sunny-Barby
Mac

Krug-Faulk
Scandella-Parayko
Mikkola-Bort
Walman

Binner
Husso

That is far from an insulting 1 year offer to Thomas, who just turned 22 and is coming off a 12 point season (29 point pace). Realistically, that is a better deal for him than the likely 2 year offers we were willing to make. His results vs potential make it highly unlikely to reach a number both sides like on a 3+ year deal.

Now, this would mean running a 22 man lineup instead of 23 but this is assuming no additional moves and Sunny being ready for opening night. Neither of those seems like the most likely scenario. But I put this lineup together simply to illustrate that we are still able to make it work under the cap at a number that is absolutely fair for Thomas. Kostin is in the AHL for this lineup because I don't think he cracks the healthy starting lineup and I think they would rather see him play in the AHL for a month while this works out. But if you swap him into the forward group and put Mac/Clifford through waivers then you save a bit of cap space.

 

[Blanick]

Yeah...sure. Fine, whatever.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Good job DA.

He's 26, he's a big body, he has lots of untapped talent. He just needs to get a killer instinct.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

He’s a good 3rd liner who’s been asked to play top 6 too often.

The coaches see something in him. He just needs to deliver more consistently.

 

[Meatball]

He'll be awesome in our bottom six. Hoping he has an outstanding season and stays around for many years.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Good job DA.

He's 26, he's a big body, he has lots of untapped talent. He just needs to get a killer instinct.

He’s 26. He is what he is. A wildly inconsistent third liner who infuriates the fan base with some of the most bone headed turnovers you’ll ever see.

 

[MissouriMook]

Assuming players get paid twice monthly throughout the regular season (not sure of the process here) that means he'll get roughly $167,000 twice monthly for six months. Wouldn't it be nice if the CBA would allow us to pay him $34,000 on the 1st of the month and $300,000 on the 15th just so he gets the message that this is what it is like when you get hot for 2 weeks then cool off for the next two. In other words, make his pay as streaky as his play.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Good job DA.

He's 26, he's a big body, he has lots of untapped talent. He just needs to get a killer instinct.

Bortz tried beating some of that into him. It didn’t work

 

[BuLLeT1291]

Well it's a warm body. I still don't see him on the opening night roster.

 

[BlueDream]

He’s a fine player to have in your bottom 6.

The price is fine. It does take him to UFA though so he will almost certainly not be back after this season.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

I hope he breaks out of his mental limits and proves everyone wrong.

But alas, he will be this season's punching bag. Like Krug was last season's punching bag. The fans have their needs.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

I hope he breaks out of his mental limits and proves everyone wrong.

But alas, he will be this season's punching bag. Like Krug was last season's punching bag. The fans have their needs.

I think we all want both those guys to turn it around?