When to extend Byfield?

[YP44]

I imagine his agent gets fired if he keeps up his play all season.

As long as it's after the ink dries I am good with it

 

[kingskring]

call your doctor if you have an *redacted* lasting longer than 4 hours

 

[LAKings88]

How far he has come from that first young season. Dude is a star and he is here. Beast.

 

[johnjm22]

Top Average GameScore

#	TEAM	PLAYER	GAMESCORE
1		Quinton Byfield	1.10
2		Trevor Moore	1.02
3		Kevin Fiala	1.02
4		Drew Doughty	0.97
5		Anze Kopitar	0.95
6		Adrian Kempe	0.93
7		Phillip Danault	0.85
8		Matt Roy	0.82
9		Vladislav Gavrikov	0.66
10		Arthur Kaliyev	0.62

That from hockeystatcards.com. They have him graded out as LA's best player.

 

[kingskring]

Fixed le link

 

[Statto]

I’ll say again… he will be the best player from that draft.

 

[Telos]

Absolutely sick goal. Only 21 years old. I am completely stoked that he will be the with team for quite some time. Next jersey I get will likely be a Byfield one. I almost don't care what you sign him for at this point, but while I was leaning towards a bridge deal early in the season, I am now thinking you might have to pay the man to lock him in at sub-top tier numbers right now.

 

[SlimCharles]

 

[Statto]

He’s getting a decent deal, his agent will be sitting back waiting because the price goes up every game. It was always going to be the case this year, it was obvious.

 

[YAYSAY]

I can see him going with the trend that's been happening with younger players recently where teams give them the big contract a bit earlier in their career. Logic being to pay them the big bucks when they're in their prime.
Difficult part is going to be the fact that PLD is getting 8.5m for 8 years, and Byfield is so much better than him, he's gonna want more and he deserves more. Maybe he'll take a bridge contract like Robertson, but that'll just make him more expensive in the long run.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

9.5x8 right now. It’s only getting more expensive

 

[johnjm22]

To get him on an 8 year contract the annual cap hit will probably have to be more than 10% of next years cap. So about 9M+

If I was his agent, I would be advising him to pull a Matthews.

 

[unicornpig]

was hoping to get him at 6.5-7, now i'd be ecstatic if he got stuzles contract.

 

[Herby]

8 year deal. It’s why everyone does these for good players coming off ELC.

What's funny is, had the Kings not slow cooked him and stretched his ELC into this year, his extension would have either been an 8-year one much less than it will be now, or a bridge one, also much less than it will be now.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Man, this kid has really blossomed this year.

 

[fivehole32]

Absolutely sick goal. Only 21 years old. I am completely stoked that he will be the with team for quite some time. Next jersey I get will likely be a Byfield one. I almost don't care what you sign him for at this point, but while I was leaning towards a bridge deal early in the season, I am now thinking you might have to pay the man to lock him in at sub-top tier numbers right now.

QB is the first non goalie jersey I have considered buying.

 

[SmytheKing]

Man, this kid has really blossomed this year.

Yeah he's a different player. I've been very critical of him but he decided this year to just go for it instead of patiently waiting for things to happen. The biggest difference is that it's not just spurts. It's every game.

 

[Fripp]

Yeah he's a different player. I've been very critical of him but he decided this year to just go for it instead of patiently waiting for things to happen. The biggest difference is that it's not just spurts. It's every game.

It's wild how different he is from last year. I don't know if it's natural acclimation and development, skating school with the tiny lady, using an adult sized stick, or if someone just told him that he's huge and should consider using that to his advantage, but he went from timid baby deer to bull.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

I kind of blinked, and he might be our best forward.

 

[YAYSAY]

It's wild how different he is from last year. I don't know if it's natural acclimation and development, skating school with the tiny lady, using an adult sized stick, or if someone just told him that he's huge and should consider using that to his advantage, but he went from timid baby deer to bull.

Lol I forgot about his mini-stick, does he still use a small stick? I feel like I haven't noticed it as much as I used to so I'm guessing it's longer than when he first entered the league.

 

[johnjm22]

 

[Wisdom]

I said a while back that he would be awesome.

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

I said a while back that he would be awesome.

Can you believe that there were quite a few posters here that labeled him a bust?

 

[kilowatt]

The best part of that Byfield goal is the stick lift on Werenski after Q goes outside-in.

 

[FrozenKing18]

call your doctor if you have an *redacted* lasting longer than 4 hours