Confirmed with Link: Wild and Dumba settle on a 5 year, 6M AAV contract

[Digitalbooya]

Dumba folks are going to hate this comment, but $6 million/year is a lot for a guy who has played 1/2 a season of top-4 level defense.

Damn, looks like Brodin is really underpaid then. Kinda evens itself out if that’s your look on it.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

$8m will...and it doesn't look like they'll do it.

I'm shocked at $6m. I don't know how you pay an inept defensively defenceman that much.

Yeah, he's not inept defensively.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Man, poor Winnipeg. Trouba's $12m contract is going to murder them.

LOL. I appreciate you.

 

[SomethingGeneric]

Good signing. Would have liked to see 7 years but 5 is good. Expectations have been raised, go earn that money Dumba!

 

[Digitalbooya]

$8m will...and it doesn't look like they'll do it.

I'm shocked at $6m. I don't know how you pay an inept defensively defenceman that much.

Nah, you said double what Dumba gets. 2 x 6 is 12 there buddy. Have fun.

 

[BigT2002]

Halfway tempted to see who got the closest to that number in the threads

So near the end of the playoff run, it was bridge deal. Then we started seeing it shift to 5x5 or 6x6 ... and so on. So far I've seen two people the closest:

Wild11MN at 4x$6 (July 10), who also in May said he should get $5.5-$6m
keppel146 at 5-6x$5.5M with cap at $6M (June I think, already close it out)

And Dr Jan Itor in June said $6M but didn't list term

Rest appears to either super low (low years) or high ($7M+) until about Mid July and then damn near everyone was almost on the money

 

[TheeNorthStar]

Good for him!
He's tries to be a little to fancy for his own good, which is usually his downfall in most of his defensive lapses.
However, he's dynamic and willing to take those chances. Well deserved signing, especially after he showed can carry the load after Suter and Spurg went down.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Wild twitter feed is hilarious right now.

 

[Nharris31]

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[Spurgeon]

Would have liked more term at that price, but it still eats up 2 years of UFA. If he keeps improving his defense, he's going to be among the best offensive defensemen in the league, if he's not seen as one already.

 

[absolute garbage]

This is fair. Almost identical to Barrie contract. You can look at guys like Orlov, Krug, Lindholm, Parayko and even Spurgeon at lower 5s and argue maybe ~5.5 (with cap increase) was the mark for a "great deal" here. But Dumba had a lot of leverage after a 50 point season and after lifting his all-around game to next level. He will be 29 once this is done so there's still time for another longer-term deal.

This was Fenton's first major move and it was okay. Nothing to sing praises for but reasonable and solidly average.

Next is Zucker. Marchessault signed for 5M and Atkinson for 5.875M during last season. Miller for 5.25M just few weeks ago. Palat for 5.3M last summer. I think I'd call lower 5 good, mid 5 ehh, and higher than Granlund too much. Zucker has the leverage here too, but he's just not as important as Dumba is.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Fair if he stays at this level, steal if he hasn’t peaked. And really no reason to think he has peaked.

 

[2Pair]

This is fair. Almost identical to Barrie contract. You can look at guys like Orlov, Krug, Lindholm, Parayko and even Spurgeon at lower 5s and argue maybe ~5.5 (with cap increase) was the mark for a "great deal" here. But Dumba had a lot of leverage after a 50 point season and after lifting his all-around game to next level. He will be 29 once this is done so there's still time for another longer-term deal.

This was Fenton's first major move and it was okay. Nothing to sing praises for but reasonable and solidly average.

Next is Zucker. Marchessault signed for 5M and Atkinson for 5.875M during last season. Miller for 5.25M just few weeks ago. Palat for 5.3M last summer. I think I'd call lower 5 good, mid 5 ehh, and higher than Granlund too much. Zucker has the leverage here too, but he's just not as important as Dumba is.

Well said. I agree that $5.5M was the perfect number. Would've liked to get an extra year or two if they were going to give him $6M but nothing to get worked up over.

 

[Lapa]

This is fair. Almost identical to Barrie contract. You can look at guys like Orlov, Krug, Lindholm, Parayko and even Spurgeon at lower 5s and argue maybe ~5.5 (with cap increase) was the mark for a "great deal" here. But Dumba had a lot of leverage after a 50 point season and after lifting his all-around game to next level. He will be 29 once this is done so there's still time for another longer-term deal.

This was Fenton's first major move and it was okay. Nothing to sing praises for but reasonable and solidly average.

Next is Zucker. Marchessault signed for 5M and Atkinson for 5.875M during last season. Miller for 5.25M just few weeks ago. Palat for 5.3M last summer. I think I'd call lower 5 good, mid 5 ehh, and higher than Granlund too much. Zucker has the leverage here too, but he's just not as important as Dumba is.

Good post, well put. Hope we sign Zucker soon.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Wild twitter feed is hilarious right now.

Read it for 30 seconds and I’ve already had enough.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Cute.

 

[TaLoN]

Good deal I would have preferred more term, but that likely costs more aav, so I'm ok with it.

 

[gphr513]

I really like Dumba as a player and as a person. Hopefully we continue to see him develop!

 

[DANOZ28]

well glad hes still a mn wild. congrats dumba, congrats new wild mgmt. while dumba makes a few defensive mistakes he is getting better. offensively hes turning into pk dumba!

 

[Ban Hammered]

Read it for 30 seconds and I’ve already had enough.

Oh i had fun trolling.

 

[AKL]

Just realized Detroit is paying Danny DeKeyser 5M for 4 more years.
In case any of you were wondering if this contract could be worse.

 

[Ladde]

I like Dumba and I am glad we picked him at 7th overall.

 

[TaLoN]

I like Dumba and I am glad we picked him at 7th overall.

Dumba was the right pick then at the time, and in hindsight, still the right pick now.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Dumba was the right pick then at the time, and in hindsight, still the right pick now.

Personally, i'd still rather have Forsberg who I was dumbfounded they past on.

But Dumba has certainly closed the gap.

 

[AKL]

Personally, i'd still rather have Forsberg who I was dumbfounded they past on.

But Dumba has certainly closed the gap.

I really wanted Forsberg on draft day, but I really liked Dumba too. At this point, I’m glad we have Dumba over Forsberg.