Confirmed with Link: Svechnikov signed $7.75M aav, 8yrs

[Chrispy]

8 years at under $8M has the potential to be an almost Slavin level contract steal.

Worst case, the player he was last year would be getting paid this much 8 years from now.

Also, getting this done way ahead of training camp is a nice win.

Can’t complain about this at all. The front office done good.

Agreed. The cap hit may be high the next year or 2 for performance but that's exactly what you do when you sign a great young player to an 8 year deal: you sacrifice the cap space now to have more cap space later.

I haven't been very happy with most of the moves this off-season, but this is a very good one and exactly what is needed to give fans a star to connect with long-term.

According to CapFriendly this leaves the Canes with $4.5M in cap space, so a Gardiner move would be required now for someone like Tarasenko.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

4.576 million in cap space with Gardiner. 8.625 if we can move him!

 

[Ole Gil]

8 years at under $8M has the potential to be an almost Slavin level contract steal.

Exactly what I was thinking. He might end up a 12m dollar value by 2026. But he's not going to be worse than a 6m player for sure.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I love this contract.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

So now we can totally follow that other rumor and get Tarasenko. Just gotta strong-arm em into taking Gardiner.

Not even necessary if he's out of the year and will be LTIRed, as rumored. The less salary coming back the other way, the smaller the necessary package.

 

[Wolfpuck]

4.576 million in cap space with Gardiner. 8.625 if we can move him!

You know what number is less than 8.625? 7.5

That’s just a random number I pulled out of thin air.

 

[Svechhammer]

$7.75m per year for 8 goddamn years?!?!?

Holy wow! That has potential to look ridiculously team friendly as early as next offseason

 

[cptjeff]

This morning just got a lot better! 8 years at that 7.75 is absolutely great.

 

[A Star is Burns]

The interesting thing is, wasn't the rumor of what we offered from last year or whatever 8 x 7.5? We didn't have to move a whole lot on this. Probably comfort level, the team has been good, cost of living, the uncertainty of the world, and I'm sure more worked out in our favor. I still always wonder if we had gotten a full offseason to work with Aho if we could have found a better long-term deal.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Also, this makes all of the other (on paper) "cheapskate" transactions understandable. Sitting on such a boatload of cap space essentially made the 8 year term for Svechnikov possible.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

 

[AD Skinner]

Our best friend svech

 

[A Star is Burns]

Not even necessary if he's out of the year and will be LTIRed, as rumored. The less salary coming back the other way, the smaller the necessary package.

I don't buy that happening, but I don't particularly care how it works if we get the move I mentioned done.

 

[Svechhammer]

Reached for comment, teammates had only one thing to say

 

[dogbazinho]

Holy hell. Great signing.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I'm conflicted though. The HFBoards think we are so cheap and this puts our budget above what some randos on Sirius XM said.

 

[Lempo]

Now do Tarasenko.

 

[Lempo]

I'm conflicted though. The HFBoards think we are so cheap and this puts our budget above what some randos on Sirius XM said.

Sources say they are ass-clowns at the HFBoards.

 

[HisIceness]

Cool. Now let's get him scoring again!

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Love this deal. Mostly because we get to keep the kid for 8 more years. The unbelievable AAV is a cherry on top

 

[Wolfpuck]

Sources say they are ass-clowns at the HFBoards.

Can confirm

Source: Me, an ass clown on HFBoards

 

[WreckingCrew]

Can't complain about that deal at all! Honestly even if he has a couple more "down years" while he's growing this deal is well worth it...I have no doubts that in 3-4 years (max) this will end up looking like a value-contract! Seems kinda like the 2016 MacKinnon contract adjusted for inflation (and their stats aren't all that dissimilar, lets hope for that PPG+ breakout!)

 

[Lempo]

Can confirm

Source: Me, an ass clown on HFBoards

Royal They, a sure sign of an ass-clown.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Cool. Now let's get him scoring again!

Watch him break out for like 45 goals this year... It honestly wouldn't surprise me. He's fully capable of being a 40goal/60assist guy, especially if playing with Aho and TT and if they continue to develop their chemistry.

Also I really think we need to change up how we utilize Svech on the PP. His role has been figured out by every other team, hopefully that's a priority this offseason. I can see TDA and Svech working some magic on the PP if coached well.

 

[Wolfpuck]

lol at the thread on the Trade Board

It’s devolved into “but what about the Leafs?”