Zack Smith extension?? Yay or nay??

[Lenny the Lynx]

This will be an interesting case because I think its mutually beneficial for both sides to agree to a handshake deal but not sign it until after the Vegas draft.

Assuming Smith wants to stay here, that way you help the team protect someone like Dzingel, and ensure that you are getting to stay here rather than sign with Ottawa and get moved to Vegas.

 

[MaxTheLimit]

Zack Smith is becoming a key part of the core. As good as Dzingle has been, if there was a choice to sign one I will sign Smith without hesitation.

Dzingel is younger and cheaper. Keeping Smith would be nice, but I don't think it's gonna happen if he is looking for high dollars.

I'd like to keep both, but I don't know if the budget allows it. I'd rather be able to keep Stone, Karlsson, and Turris in the coming few years.

Smith is earning $2.35M in salary this year. I wonder if Smith would be interested in a deal where his cap hit isn't above $4M but his salary slowly increases each year, like his current one, where he starts around $3M but goes up to like $5M by the end?

 

[JD1]

Smith is earning $2.35M in salary this year. I wonder if Smith would be interested in a deal where his cap hit isn't above $4M but his salary slowly increases each year, like his current one, where he starts around $3M but goes up to like $5M by the end?

you are asking for trouble with a contract structured that way in my opinion. UFAs tend to get overpaid, to back load a contract likely results in the money being at its highest while productivity is at its lowest. It makes the contract unmovable and makes the player a huge target for the fan base and media.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Would imagine both the team and player agree to a deal that works for both prior to expansion draft as speculated and sign after words....he has really come into his own and should be a force over the next few seasons, 100% yay for me

 

[Super Cake]

Can be quite the jokester too:

From Ken Warren:

Zack Smith on the Senators season opening 5-4 win over Toronto. "Yeah, there's one thing that sticks out about it. But that was pre-Kanata Wall, the wall he now has to come through."

 

[Benjamin]

4.5mil -> 4.5mil -> 3.3mil -> 3.0mil

4 years x 3.825mil

 

[Uchiha]

Nothing over three million please.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Nothing over three million please.

Smith is worth a fair amount more than 3 million per.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

4.5mil -> 4.5mil -> 3.3mil -> 3.0mil

4 years x 3.825mil

That would be fair.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

You either leave as a free agent a hero or sign a big enough contract that you become the villain.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Can be quite the jokester too:

From Ken Warren:

Zack Smith on the Senators season opening 5-4 win over Toronto. "Yeah, there's one thing that sticks out about it. But that was pre-Kanata Wall, the wall he now has to come through."

I don't get it

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I don't get it

Boucher's defensive system

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/nhl/senatorsextra/senators-anxious-to-face-matthews-and-the-maple-leafs-again

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Boucher's defensive system

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/nhl/senatorsextra/senators-anxious-to-face-matthews-and-the-maple-leafs-again

Ahhh

 

[Stylizer1]

Smith is worth a fair amount more than 3 million per.

I don't think so. I don't want to lock up players to any more bad contracts. Give him term but don't break the bank. 3-3.2 x 4 is fair. Anymore and he becomes expected to consistently produce at his best. Give him more money and maybe he thinks he's a scorer a la Clarkson.

 

[InTkachukWeTrust]

he definitely deserves 3-4 mil x 4 ish

 

[Back in Black]

Smith has done nothing but improve every year. Like Hoffman, he's proven himself over and over again. Thank god that last GM isn't pissing players like Alfie off any more.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Hey told Ian Mendes that his camp has not had any discussions about a new deal with Dorion yet.

 

[Stylizer1]

Hey told Ian Mendes that his camp has not had any discussions about a new deal with Dorion yet.

He also said he wants to stay in Ottawa and just wants a fair contract.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

He also said he wants to stay in Ottawa and just wants a fair contract.

He also said he'd be lying if he said he wasn't curious about his value on the free agent market.