Confirmed with Link: Wheeler's extension: 5 years, $8.25M AAV

[Jets 31]

Just a question , if Wheeler is worth 8.25 million a year , what is Laine's next contract gonna be ? Gotta figure it's at least very close to Wheeler and that is really gonna be hard to fit everyone under the cap .

 

[Trinity]

What a world we live in where the leading scorer and captain of your team decides to stay with your team probably til the end of their career and people are pissed lol

You're thinking emotionally and not logically.

 

[pictman]

I like the signing.We will probably pay for it at the end of the contract but will we care if we have bagged a couple of cups?A few other points:
-A player isn't declining till he actually IS declining.We may have 2 or 3 years of top 10 winger yet.
-Any GM that would let a top 10 point getter walk should be fired.
-you can't trade every vet for prospects or you get what we have had up to last year
-It's all fine and good to say You would give him no more than 3 years but he would never sign that contract and he would be stupid if he did.
If we want to win,we need to sign these kind of contracts.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Not the biggest fan of this one. I think we paid a premium for an asset that has already peaked.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

At the end of the day the jets window is really open next year. We'll need to find some creative solutions after that.

 

[Guerzy]

Always have some reservations about extending guys at this stage of their careers but it's not out of the ordinary for them to still be effective to 38.

From 33-38 Iginla played 368 games and tallied 306 points.

From 33-38 Marleau played 376 games and tallied 252 points.

Much like Marleau and Iginla to the point where they were 38, Wheels has been extremely durable throughout his career. I have no doubt Blake will be in tip top physique throughout this deal so hopefully the healthy trend continues and I hope at minimum we'll see a 45-50 point Wheeler at the time this contract is over, much the same as Marleau and Iginla to that point in their respective careers.

Wheeler, I think, stands a good chance at being as productive as Marleau or Iginla through 33-38 years of age. There is risk, no doubt. Fingers crossed. At the end of the day I think at the least within the next 3 years this team is better with Blake than without him in, so if we can win at least one Stanley Cup and accomplish the ultimate goal... I won't give a shit what happens after that to the point where Blake's extension is over (2024). Especially if he can still be as effective as Marleau or Iginla are/were and he hits 45-50 points at 37 and 38. Yes, overpaid at 8.25 per but... that's the price of doing business in this league.

 

[Fire Chevy]

Yeah, I'm sure Chevy just realized he ran out of money.

Not for a bridge deal he didn’t?

 

[mcpw]

You're thinking emotionally and not logically.

Logically, our cup window is the next two years, with Trouba, Wheeler, and Byfuglien all still around and all still good. We were always going to take a huge hit in 2020 when Trouba hits unrestricted free agency and Byfuglien turns 35.

 

[Afterburner]

I think he’s going to continue to be a key player, he keeps pushing himself and driving to win. Super pumped he’s staying

 

[robertocarlos]

I don't like this at all. This is a declining asset. Terrible move Chevy...did you not learn your lesson with Little? AAV seems fine, but three years was the MAX we should have gone. Will be interesting what type of NMC is in the contract.

Solution - trade Little.

 

[Spirit of 67]

I'm very surprised by the reaction on here. I thought it would be unanimously loved.

I was reluctant to post anything because I don't like this deal either.

The unfortunate part of the salary cap is you have to either let a guy walk a bit early or sign him to something that will bite you in the butt later on.

There's no reason to believe he won't be the next Patrick Marleau.
There's also no reason to believe he will be any different that a lot of guys who are on anchor contracts by their mid 30's.

 

[Georgetown Al]

This will end up as another Pavelec contract in a year or two. Just brutal. I'm so disappointed in this signing.

Who are we trading away to pay this?

 

[Hobble]

Here's hoping we win a Cup, and then his "skin allergy* becomes too much to bear for the last few years when we have to re-sign young guys.

 

[SM]

Incoming Myers/Perreault and Trouba trades beginning next off-season. Hefty in term.

Also provides new parameters for Laine’s contract. Previously you could have argued using Scheifele as a base line + cap inflation, now that’s blown out of the window.

 

[tacogeoff]

I like that we were able to resign him but if we lose any of our talented youth i will be pissed. Hopefully we can move little or MP at some point to clear up some more cap space for laine and connor.

I wonder what we are going to do with trouba and myers.

 

[Whileee]

No surprise about the total value... I predicted around $40 million. I would have preferred the AAV to be lower, over 6 years.

Still, an important signing.

 

[sipowicz]

Winnipeg Jets = one step forward, two steps back, rinse, repeat!

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Solid signing of our best player, our leader, our iron man for just over 8m per. Anyone complaining about this deal, will look foolish when he is putting up another 85 plus points, leading our team when needed, and being one the best players in the league.

So nice we will not have to deal with an expiring contract and resigning him during the season.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

For people who don't like the deal, what would your solution have been?

The only other options are trade him, or let him walk after this season. You're not getting a better deal than this, he would get more than this on the open market.

 

[Cellee]

Not surprised a Leaf fan came running in here to tell us what a bad move it is.

I don't particularly like it. The Little, Enstrom, Pavelec contracts have shown Chevy gets attached to people. Plus they wanted to keep Ladd at 6+ ...how does that contract look now if he stayed?

That said, Wheeler should be good value for the majority of this deal. You cannot really argue that he has not earned the contract either.

The impact on retaining other players is obviously the concern here.

We need to ditch the Little contract.

 

[Skidooboy]

worth it 100 percent.

do a deep dive on wheelers stats and youll find HE'S A BEAST! one of the most underrated players in the NHL.
Durable, consistent, hardworking, professional player who WANTS to be here.

maybe 500k more than I wanted, maybe 2 years longer than I hoped....but still a very good contract.

 

[ffh]

For people who don't like the deal, what would your solution have been?

The only other options are trade him, or let him walk after this season. You're not getting a better deal than this, he would get more than this on the open market.

Rolling 1 yr contracts would be their solution

 

[Afterburner]

I dunno I would much rather trade MP or Little to make room than one of our best freaking players and leaders. I mean he’s a driving force of the team, and his numbers are awesome. Chevy wasn’t going to let that walk

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

When this teal turns bad, the Jets will probably be bad anyways, and it will be nice to have a legacy player to cheer for.

 

[Cellee]

Wheeler is the first number retirement in 2.0 (likely).

Love Wheeler, just nervous about the impact on the young core.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Bye bye trouba <\3

What does this mean?
Did you think Trouba was staying?