Confirmed Signing with Link: [VGK] D Noah Hanifin signs extension with the Golden Knights (8 years, $7.35M AAV)

[BB88]

Vegas should lose about half their forwards but somehow won’t

 

[FuzzyTitus]

Funny that he signed the day after he clobbered his own goalie hahah.

 

[MikeK]

I'm shocked it's such a low cap hit. That Vegas life sure helps them retain these guys. This is a fantastic deal for the team.

 

[These Are The Days]

Craig Conroy can f*** off directly into the sun for just not trading him to Tampa out of spite. It was not in. No goal

 

[Zerotonine]

I believe CGY tabled $7m x 8 years, which he almost signed. So he got a bit more with VGK.

He got a hell of a lot more with Nevada having no state tax

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

So is Marchessault as good as gone?

They probably choose to keep Marchessault over Stephenson. This pretty much ate Martinez's deal plus some of the cap raise

 

[Flames Fanatic]

Craig Conroy can f*** off directly into the sun for just not trading him to Tampa out of spite. It was not in. No goal

???

Pure spite? By all accounts Tampa's offer was terrible.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Craig Conroy can f*** off directly into the sun for just not trading him to Tampa out of spite. It was not in. No goal

Tampa lowballed him, not sure what you are talking about.

 

[The Nuge]

I just don’t see it with Hanifin. He seems more like a 5.5-6.0 million dollar dman to me. I figured the 7 million rumours were because Calgary sucks and were trying to convince him to stay with an overpay. He slots in well as a #3 though, and he’s in his prime, so he’s a good fit for Vegas at least

 

[Hale The Villain]

Vegas should lose about half their forwards but somehow won’t

They'll probably let either Marchessault or Stephenson walk this off-season.

But they could theoretically keep both guys by dumping some cap in the summer.

Trade Hill (4.9M) and turn the net over to Thompson (775K), one of McNabb/Hague/Whitecloud (2.3-2.85M) and Howden (1.9M) and that's almost 10M in cap opened up (7M after replacing them with ELCs).

 

[Zirakzigil]

Similar deal to what Calgary was offering and everyone here thought they were insane.

Oh hfboards...

Great player. Too bad he went to Vegas

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

So assuming a cap of 87.7M next year Vegas now has about 6.6M in room with Marchessault, Martinez, Stephenson, Carrier, Amadio and Mantha as UFA.

I'm guessing they re-up Marchy and the rest walk. That's a big chunk of their cup team changing next season.

Ya March will stay and the rest will walk forsure... That's a no brainer move for vegas IMO to let those guys walk

 

[Seanaconda]

He was a rental, that's where you take the best offer you can get

Also Flames aren't good . No sense in worrying about making a team good

 

[JTBF81]

Well, there goes the dream of Tampa signing him in UFA.

These bozos really couldn't outbid Vegas. Yikes.

First, it was Calgary's GM that decided to take the Vegas offer after a Tampa-Calgary deal was apparently close. 2nd, Tampa wouldn't have had the space to extend him anyway and still keep Stamkos and Duclair without moving major salary elsewhere, which makes little sense. Tampa will keep the players they want for their top 6 and still have enough to add depth on the blueline. They're doing just fine.

 

[DearDiary]

What are the chances that Vegas trades him next year?

 

[Stephen]

You don’t say, Noah Hanifin took a liking to Vegas and gave them a sweetheart deal.

 

[TheBeard]

I'm shocked it's such a low cap hit. That Vegas life sure helps them retain these guys. This is a fantastic deal for the team.

It's pretty much exactly what he was supposed to sign for.

What are the chances that Vegas trades him next year?

I bet Vegas will try and dump Petro for a ham sandwich.

 

[The Nuge]

I bet Vegas will try and dump Petro for a ham sandwich.

They can’t. He was smart and got a full NMC

 

[Pure West]

Not sure I really see this as some great steal? Am I missing something?

Seems like fair value.

 

[TheBeard]

They can’t. He was smart and got a full NMC

That's why i said "Try". Right now Vegas has 30 million tied up into just 6 d-men. They're already at 88 with 19 players signed overall, and that doesn't include, Marchy, Stephenson, Dorofeyev, Carrier, Amadio, Mantha. Not pretty.

 

[dirtydanglez]

That's why i said "Try". Right now Vegas has 30 million tied up into just 6 d-men. They're already at 88 with 19 players signed overall, and that doesn't include, Marchy, Stephenson, Dorofeyev, Carrier, Amadio, Mantha. Not pretty.

$30m doesn't seem that unreasonable for 6 dman by itself. they'll have some tough decisions to make this offseason. is lehner expected back? if not they have $6.5m in cap with 18 players signed.

 

[zar]

Really? I think the flames offered him $7.5/yr for 8 years, this is pretty close to that. I never expected him to get $8million or above, this seems right on value for me.

The difference in money is probably the difference in taxes he won’t have to pay.

He will net out $500K more each year signing this contract in Vegas, compared to signing the same contract in Calgary. Fairly significant difference.

CapFriendly Income Tax Calculator

 

[TheBeard]

$30m doesn't seem that unreasonable for 6 dman by itself. they'll have some tough decisions to make this offseason. is lehner expected back? if not they have $6.5m in cap with 18 players signed.

Lehner is probably done. 30 is high for jsut 6 guys. TB's got 29 for 9 D-men

 

[Felidae]

How has Hanifin been in Vegas? He was arguably our best defenseman for the flames this year and right behind Markstrom for best player on the team before he was traded.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

What are the chances that Vegas trades him next year?

Well either they do or they don’t: so 50/50.