Confirmed with Link: Shayne Gostisbehere Signs Multi-Year Extension (Six Years $4.5M Per)

[LegionOfDoom91]

I don’t feel like quoting him in case he comes back, but this was on page 4:

“Not saying much but Rob Ellis is one of the best in the Philly sports media.”

God forbid Flyers fans are honest with their own franchises stupidity. You have been doing those early sign contracts to young players for years and they have been a total train wreck. If the Flyers had any brains which they don't. The only player on their roster they should ever do that with is Provorov because he's a rare talent. Rangers almost never pay young players a lot before they have to. If anything they do bridge deals constantly which is what you are supposed to do. Only time I remember the Rangers doing that in recent memory was with McDonagh coming off a huge second year and a monster playoffs. Also a player way better than Gostisbehere.

Rangers biggest fault other than trading picks away are all the idiotic NTC and NMC they give out when there is no need to give out any. Unless a player is a rare talent which Gostisbehere is not close to being, you don't ever pay a young player under control way more than you have and way before you have to. It's dumb.

Still doesn’t top this take from the main forum when the deal was signed. It was really dumb then but looks even dumber now.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Still doesn’t top this take from the main forum when the deal was signed. It was really dumb then but looks even dumber now.

Last summer I went through Gostisbehere's draft thread from 2012 on here and took screenshots of some of the funnier in hindsight comments. Don't have or remember all of them anymore but my favorite one was that he'd be nothing more than a smaller version of Gus. Being skeptical of a guy right after he's drafted is different than the example you quoted, but it's still fun to read through and laugh at ourselves in retrospect.

 

[Appleyard]

 

[Beef Invictus]

Extremely decent hockeyer.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

i loved spin-o-rama ghost but also love the solidified ghost 2.0 too....

 

[Beef Invictus]

i loved spin-o-rama ghost but also love the solidified ghost 2.0 too....

He doesn't do the spin anymore, and his skating isn't as flashy in general, but he's still routinely clowning guys. A diminished Ghost is still way above NHL average agility.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Yeah, I'm perfectly ready for the main board Ghost Norris thread, only to have people spew ignorance, then Appleyard comes in and eviscerates them like a bunch of deadhead's.

 

[Flyers Time]

what does this mean?

 

[The Rage Kage]

Yeah, I'm perfectly ready for the main board Ghost Norris thread, only to have people spew ignorance, then Appleyard comes in and eviscerates them like a bunch of deadhead's.

And then they will just ignore him.

 

[deadhead]

The most impressive thing about Ghost this year is he's just a much smarter, tougher player who's playing two way hockey.
He's even throwing his body around and got into a fight!
If he ever regains some of his rookie flash as he gets further from hip surgery, wow.

But I'm still convinced a lot of this is hard coaching, there are a bunch of offensive defensemen around the league who put up points but also really bad +/- and other defensive metrics, now plus minus is pretty limited, but if you're scoring a bunch of points it still means a lot of goals are being scored against your team when you're on the ice. Ghost is just a smarter, more responsible player who knows when to gamble and when to play it safe. He's become a player who is saving as many goals as he creates.

As Kimmo showed, a good offensive defenseman who's responsible defensively is more valuable than a great offensive defenseman who considers defense to be an afterthought.

PS: Even with his struggles last year, how could anyone think that 6x4.5 was a bad move for a talented player entering his peak years? I mean mediocre D-men get $2-4M.

 

[MorgantiDrinksBlood]

Appleyard is a god, but yeah I'm in the boat that say's what does this info even mean? Is Ghost a top 10 NHL d-man? I don't feel safe saying it personally but these stats? Wtf?

 

[TheKingPin]

One of the best deals in the nhl

 

[Appleyard]

what does this mean?

He has been scored on this season the least of ANY NHL defenseman per 60 minutes at 5v5.

With him on ice the Flyers are +31 in penalty differential. Best of any NHL Dman.

He scores 2.25 points every 60 minutes across all situations. Best of any NHL Dman.

 

[Striiker]

Pretty telling that we saw such a shift in his play after he stopped listening to Hakstol last year and just played the way he knew was right. Ever since then he's been back to his same dynamic self.

Only difference lately is he isn't playing with an atrocious anchor who f***s him over, like he had been his entire career prior to getting paired with Provorov.

Now we just need him to have a talk with Sanheim and make sure he stops listening to Hakstol too.

 

[Magua]

@Striiker

Go start that Ghost for Norris thread. You are our main boards liaison after all.

 

[The Rage Kage]

As Kimmo showed, a good offensive defenseman who's responsible defensively is more valuable than a great offensive defenseman who considers defense to be an afterthought.

Hes on a 69 point pace, thats not just good that is a great f***ing offensive defenseman.

 

[Rebels57]

Hes on a 69 point pace, thats not just good that is a great ****ing offensive defenseman.

50 points is great

69 is f***ing insane

 

[MorgantiDrinksBlood]

Please implode the main boards with a Ghost for norris thread so everyone can say how inept he is defensively. Make sure Appleyard is online to be our lord and savior.

 

[Jtown]

Ghost is a stud

 

[FLYguy3911]

106 PDO since being paired with Provy full-time. Holy Toledo. I guess Ghost just isn't going to have a normal year in his career. One extreme or the other.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

50 points is great

69 is ****ing insane

69 is nice.

 

[Magua]

Of course that isn’t sustainable but when you see that 5 man top unit play hockey, PDO isn’t all luck. It is for no talent players riding high.

 

[FrustratedFlyer]

One of the best deals in the nhl

If Ghost continues his production it'll turnout to be a master stroke that many look back on and wonder just how we managed it. IF IF IF. Cup Cup Cup

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

So I'm driving home and finally find out this happened. I like it, 4.5 is a nice price.

 

[Striiker]

@Striiker

Go start that Ghost for Norris thread. You are our main boards liaison after all.

I'm the last person who should make that thread.

If I make a thread on the main board about a Flyers player, Devils fans will swarm it for revenge and it'll be a bad time for everyone.

Anyways, I'm still off the grid after the last adventure.