Confirmed with Link: The Brothers Cotton sign

[spockBokk]

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[Anton Dubinchuk]

Nice! Might’ve been the incentive needed to sign David.

Jason finished as a finalist for the Hobey Baker but is 25. Maybe a career AHLer? David not going UFA is obviously the real prize here.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Didn't even know there was a Jason, but cool. Glad they're on board. I really wasn't sure if David would sign, so that's great if this put it over the top

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Glad we got him signed. David will add some much needed leadership in Charlotte next season. Could be in a battle with Bokk to be our winger call up

 

[AD Skinner]

Do they have full legs or were they shot off in the war?

 

[DaveG]

It's weird, even though I was confident it would get done earlier this season since David had never played in the tourney, the longer it went after the Frozen Four was canceled the more I was questioning it.

Now get Filipe under contract as well and I'll be happy.

 

[WreckingCrew]

I'm kinda wondering if signing Jason was the boost to entice David to sign? PPG player for Sacred Heart, but also 25, seems like a pretty longshot to be more than MAYBE an AHLer. Even still, I think it's worth sacrificing that extra contract slot of it was the difference between getting David to sign or not

Question for our resident CBA/Contract experts, would Jason's ELC be a 3 year also given that he's 25?

 

[DaveG]

I'm kinda wondering if signing Jason was the boost to entice David to sign? PPG player for Sacred Heart, but also 25, seems like a pretty longshot to be more than MAYBE an AHLer. Even still, I think it's worth sacrificing that extra contract slot of it was the difference between getting David to sign or not

Question for our resident CBA/Contract experts, would Jason's ELC be a 3 year also given that he's 25?

Jason: 1 year
David: 2 years

I think (may be incorrect though) that the 3 year deal basically only runs till their 21 yo season for North American players

 

[Chrispy]

I'm kinda wondering if signing Jason was the boost to entice David to sign? PPG player for Sacred Heart, but also 25, seems like a pretty longshot to be more than MAYBE an AHLer. Even still, I think it's worth sacrificing that extra contract slot of it was the difference between getting David to sign or not

Question for our resident CBA/Contract experts, would Jason's ELC be a 3 year also given that he's 25?

According to capfriendly (and kudos to them for keeping up on this right now!) no:

David has a 2 year ELC
Jason has a 1 year ELC

 

[WreckingCrew]

Jason: 1 year
David: 2 years

I think (may be incorrect though) that the 3 year deal basically only runs till their 21 yo season for North American players

According to capfriendly (and kudos to them for keeping up on this right now!) no:

David has a 2 year ELC
Jason has a 1 year ELC

Thanks guys, I was thinking Jason's would only be 1 year at his age (or 2 but this "year" counts as 1)

 

[DaveG]

Thanks guys, I was thinking Jason's would only be 1 year at his age (or 2 but this "year" counts as 1)

Yeah LeBrun came out the other day and stated that contract signings with everything being on hold would be for the next contract season

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Awesome news. Easily the best prospect in the NHL since Gretzky, and even that is debatable.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Win win here for the organization and the Cotton family. As long as it doesn’t become a problem when Jason is cut or whatever in the future

 

[Lempo]

Question for our resident CBA/Contract experts, would Jason's ELC be a 3 year also given that he's 25?

Actually signing first time at 25 and being a North American he shouldn't be in the Entry-level System at all and not subject to the ELC terms.

 

[Brock Anton]

Read that tweet too fast, thought we signed "Cotton Brothers" and spent the next minute or so trying to figure out who the f*** that was.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Great news to have one of the most hyped senior NCAA drafted prospects this year choose us instead of running to Boston/Pittsburgh/New York. If he performs well in Charlotte, he could either become a contributor for us or a coveted trade piece like Priskie and Luostarinen were. Who knows with his brother Jason; best-case scenario is that we capture Poturalski-like lightning in a bottle for Charlotte during the next couple of seasons, and worst-case we have some ECHL fodder.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I hope they enjoy Chicago

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I hope they enjoy Chicago

f***

 

[HisIceness]

Cool. Would love to go see them play, but I'm on lockdown.

I hope they enjoy Chicago

They won't. They'd rather play in Charlotte. I talked to them and they told me this. And by 'them' I actually mean me.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Also, David's brother Jason is a right-shot. Knowing that, perhaps he can be a more useful piece for Charlotte next year than folks expect. The only right-shot forwards that'll be in Charlotte this coming season besides him are Bokk, Mattheos, and Smallman. It's IMO a foregone conclusion that Geekie will be an NHL full-timer.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

This is the first time I’m hearing of a brother

Glad to get David signed, though.

 

[Roboturner913]

Does anybody know if these guys come from a blended family?

 

[WreckingCrew]

Does anybody know if these guys come from a blended family?

You could spin it that way, but it wouldn't be my pickings

 

[Bub]

You could spin it that way, but it wouldn't be my pickings

Oof. You're just trying to gin something up.