Kings News: Trevor Lewis signs one year deal worth 1.325M

[theMajor]

@DarrenDreger Trevor Lewis and Kings avoid salary arb and settle on 1 year deal @ $1.325 m

wooooo!!

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[driller1]

Next Stop:

Sochi!!!!!!

 

[CowMix]

Only one year? Wah?

 

[Reaper45]

Don't like that it's only for a year but happy he's signed.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Only one year? Wah?

cap goes up next year, more room then

 

[Fat Elvis]

Don't like that it's only for a year but happy he's signed.

I agree. It would be nice to have him signed for a few years. But I'm guessing that they will lock him up going into next season (2014-15) with the higher cap. Risky move IMO, but hopefully it works out for both parties.

 

[Telos]

Got a bit of a discount for it being just one year. Will help us get through this low cap period.

 

[deeshamrock]

Got a bit of a discount for it being just one year. Will help us get through this low cap period.

And with the amount of young talent in Manchester, it keeps DL's options open. It could be he doesn't want to commit beyond one year because he wants some of those young prospects to move up in 2014-15.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

And with the amount of young talent in Manchester, it keeps DL's options open. It could be he doesn't want to commit beyond one year because he wants some of those young prospects to move up in 2014-15.

True

But I think Lewis is a guy they hold on to going forward. He can play all three forward positions, He's one of the fastest skaters on the team , and he is huge in the playoffs every year.

Lewis has really grown on me. I cringed when he was drafted because I saw him as another one of the prototypical Al Murray/Dave Taylor era draft picks (like Steckel) that had some size and wheels but lacked talent.

 

[deeshamrock]

True

But I think Lewis is a guy they hold on to going forward. He can play all three forward positions, He's one of the fastest skaters on the team , and he is huge in the playoffs every year.

Agree but the other thing is that maybe Lewis wanted more and DL didn't want to commit. DL has a rough idea (as do most GM's) of what the CAp might go up to and if he really wanted Lewis, he'd have signed him long term. There is a reason it's only for 1 year.

 

[Minor Boarding]

Ok deal. Lewis needs to show more scoring touch if he wants top 9 money... 14Pts career high this past (shortened) season.

 

[Sam]

The Kings probably needed to make it a 1 year deal to give themselves some breathing room for this season's cap. Lewis's UFA years will probably cost $2+million. So if he signed a 3 or 4 year deal, the Kings would have been looking at a $1.75-1.9 million cap hit.

 

[ElKingsFan92]

cap goes up next year, more room then

Yeah, that's why I'm not too worried about this 1 year deal. I'm not sure, but I'm fairly confident Trevor will resign next season and for much longer. I'm real happy we have him back though. He's slowly becoming my favorite bottom 6 guy on the Kings since Lappy.

 

[Minor Boarding]

The Kings probably needed to make it a 1 year deal to give themselves some breathing room for this season's cap. Lewis's UFA years will probably cost $2+million. So if he signed a 3 or 4 year deal, the Kings would have been looking at a $1.75-1.9 million cap hit.

I don't know...
comparable contracts this year:
Sean Couturier - 1.750.000 / 2yr
Matt Beleskey - 1.350.000 / 2yr
Nick Spaling - 1.500.000 / 2yr
Marcus Kruger - 1.325.000 / 2yr
Mikael Backlund - 1.500.000 / 2yr
Ryan Jones - 1.500.000 / 1yr

 

[Sam]

I don't know...
comparable contracts this year:
Sean Couturier - 1.750.000 / 2yr
Matt Beleskey - 1.350.000 / 2yr
Nick Spaling - 1.500.000 / 2yr
Marcus Kruger - 1.325.000 / 2yr
Mikael Backlund - 1.500.000 / 2yr
Ryan Jones - 1.500.000 / 1yr

Apples to oranges. None of those contracts include UFA years (aside from Ryan Jones, who is coming off a 7 point season on a bottomfeeder).

 

[Face Wash]

The Clock on Clifford getting an offer sheet starts in 3....2......1....

 

[Minor Boarding]

Apples to oranges. None of those contracts include UFA years (aside from Ryan Jones, who is coming off a 7 point season on a bottomfeeder).

Neither does Lewis?

 

[Sam]

Neither does Lewis?

That's why his contract is for $1.325 million. If he had included UFA years, the cap hit would have been higher.

 

[YP44]

Good signing for both. Allows the kings to get potential have Lewis for less than what he could demand. Allows Lewis to ask for more next year should his production match the pace he had last year, and the cap go up as expected.

 

[theMajor]

so is this the writing on the wall for Clifford or is it indicative of a trade coming?

 

[Sam]

Put this on the main board.

.253 million in cap space but that is with 24 players signed. So if Ellerby and Schultz were waived/traded/buried in Manchester, the Kings have $1.688 million in cap space for Clifford and injury call-ups. If the Kings moved Martinez and Fraser instead, they would have $2.178 million in cap space.

Going to add that the Kings could have more space if someone needed to start the season on LITR (i.e. Stoll, Mitchell). Mitchell's recovery was said to be looking good, but someone on another board said that Stoll hadn't been cleared to fly yet (as of a few days ago).

 

[Johnny Utah]

I think this is a bit much for this player. Never scored more than 5 goals and he gets over 1 million? All this comparables above scored more points or contributed more in different areas.

 

[Martyros]

Put this on the main board.

I thought with the new cba, you can't bury a cap number in the minors?

 

[Sam]

I thought with the new cba, you can't bury a cap number in the minors?

First $925,000 of a player's salary don't count against the cap.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

First $900,000 of a player's salary don't count against the cap.

That explains a lot. Thanks Sam