Confirmed with Link: Schenn extended for 8 years ($6.5m AAV)

[Vladys Gumption]

Not crazy about 8 years, but I the AAV makes it much more palatable. One down, one to go.

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[Spektre]

That's 1 down

 

[The Note]

The AAV is better than I expected. 8 years is long but the cost isn’t prohibitive

 

[bleedblue1223]

I'm good with this. Going all in on term with everyone will be the fall pretty hard, but the next 4-5ish years will be good.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I'm good with this. Going all in on term with everyone will be the fall pretty hard, but the next 4-5ish years will be good.

I’m totally okay with that route though. The window is now and Armstrong has never been afraid to go for it. I like it honestly.

 

[A Real Barn Burner]

Great AAV! Term is long hope there isn’t a NTC or NMC for the last three years even if Schenn will probably age more like Steen than Backes.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I’m totally okay with that route though. The window is now and Armstrong has never been afraid to go for it. I like it honestly.

Right. Now that we won the Cup, it's time to go all in. Petro will definitely be signed now. 8 years, 8.5.

 

[542365]

AAV much lower than I anticipated. I love Schenn and having ROR-Schenn-Thomas-Barbashev locked down for the foreseeable future is pretty incredible. I don't want to turn this into a Petro thread, but this does give Army a more clear picture of the money he has to offer Petro.

Love Schenn, love the deal even if the back couple years suck. It's the price of locking up young talent long term.

 

[Note Worthy]

Happy with it. I'm sure in a handful of years some of these contracts may suck but I love going all in for next 3-5 years. It's worth it.

 

[Michoulicious]

Is he the kind if player you give 8 years to? I'm not convinced.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Oh hell yeah Army!

 

[bleedblue1223]

AAV much lower than I anticipated. I love Schenn and having ROR-Schenn-Thomas-Barbashev locked down for the foreseeable future is pretty incredible. I don't want to turn this into a Petro thread, but this does give Army a more clear picture of the money he has to offer Petro.

Love Schenn, love the deal even if the back couple years suck. It's the price of locking up young talent long term.

Yeah, it's nice to finally have a solid center core.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Is he the kind if player you give 8 years to? I'm not convinced.

I never question his hustle. Good mix of skill and grit. He's good by me.

 

[Stealth JD]

Holy hell. Love the AAV, hate the term. This could very well be a disaster in the 2nd half of that contract, and a costly contract to move.
It probably also sets the price for Jaden Schwartz to re-sign...so that's good, considering he's up when Allen, Steen and Bozak's contracts are up (if they haven't been moved by then).
The window has been extended for 3 more years minimum (that's when Parayko is up) so long as we can get the Captain inked.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

About 500k higher than I'd like ideally for that term, but nothing to get upset over.

 

[Ranksu]

I love you Army!

 

[Thallis]

Wayyy lower than I expected. I guess Schenn likes it here more than we knew.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

Army for the last week- “So I didn’t win GM of the year? Check this s**t out”

 

[Dbrownss]

Same sentiments as everyone

 

[67Blues]

I wonder if this means that Bozak is gone after this season to move Thomas over?

 

[ZigZagBluesFan]

Is he the kind if player you give 8 years to? I'm not convinced.

The AAV allows you to keep the current core together. This team's window is right now and Army is setting them up for 4 more years of the best Blues hockey we've seen.

 

[Shwabeal]

I wonder if this means that Bozak is gone after this season to move Thomas over?

I'd imagine that's the case since he's the most movable of all the higher salary guys. Depending on what the Petro extension looks like, I'd guess that this will be the final season in the Blue Note for Bozak, Allen, Bouwmeester and Steen. Not sure how DA gets out of the Allen or Steen deals, but I imagine that's what he's planning on doing. Bozak will be by far the easiest way to move out significant salary. And with the UFA center market for next offseason looking the way it is currently, he might be able to get decent value for Bozak from a team looking for a one year stopgap.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I wonder if this means that Bozak is gone after this season to move Thomas over?

I would think Bozak and allen would both go. But those two combined would essentially cover most or all of a theoretical Petro extension.

 

[WeWentBlues]

Ecstatic about this signing. No increase in AAV. I can live with the 8 years.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]