Player Discussion Alex Killorn

[robbieboy3686]

These kind of passionate players take extra care of themselves as much as they can and live and breathe hockey. He brings everything we need. We have cap, this also sends a strong message to Zegras and our youngsters this off-season that the hard times are over. Helps with contract talks with zegras probably

 

[ShadowDuck]

Freaking yikes…

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

Steep price but we desperately need scoring and guys who know how to win and he provides both of that.

Welcome to the ducks!

 

[Ducks DVM]

Overpayments that end when we need the money to free up aren’t a problem. The issue is when they’re 5-7 years long. This will help the kids.

 

[tomd]

Total contract $25 million...overpayment of about $10 million. Ouch.

 

[12ozPapa]

Love it. Verbeek is doing what is needed, even if it stings a bit. Nice to have a GM take risks on good players/needed players.

 

[Kalv]

Probably a year too long on both these deals but f*** it man, Killorn and Gudas are gonna get these kids ready to go to war

Same.
Obviously Pat needed to overpay but I'm down with this. Great, successful players that can show the way to these young Ducks

 

[DigiDuck]

Versatile Top 9 forward who can insulate and teach the kids.

Sometimes you have to overpay for intangibles to make bottom feeders respectable. The last two years might hurt, but at least he’ll be gone by the time the team turns that corner.

 

[Leonardo87]

Overpayments that end when we need the money to free up aren’t a problem. The issue is when they’re 5-7 years long. This will help the kids.

Yup. Would have liked once less year but this is fine. Killorn is a very good two way player.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Yup. Would have liked once less year but this is fine. Killorn is a very good two way player.

Agreed, but then we would just be sitting around complaining about the team not improving at all again

 

[Bleak]

Man, I was all over the Gudas signing. I think we nailed the head on that one.

The Killorn signing is large in terms of AAV (expected). The years confuses me. Frick it, give sign him for 6.5m and one less year if possible. Speculation would be that he wouldnt sign and would play hard ball if we didn't give him the additional year.

I think if he wanted to go to a competitive team he would have to sign for 4.5m / 3 years. Maybe the team could even get a 2 year contract.

It sucks to suck

At least we are identifying a need in our lock room and over all team identity which many of us struggled with last season. I'll give this signing a C? C+? God I don't like that term hahah

 

[Arthuros]

IMO the biggest thing that will sway my opinion on this is what kinda NTC or NMC this contract has. Killorn could be a huge deadline pickup.

 

[Dryish]

I really hope the cap actually goes up by a lot now. Killorn is great, but the cap worries me.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Good player, bad contract.

 

[cheesymc]

Verbeek a few minutes ago:

 

[goonsaredumb]

1 year too long and 2m more than he should've got but I don't think it'll cause too much trouble for us in the long run so I'm fine with it, worst case scenario we buy him out in his last year or two if we desperately need the cap space

 

[Ducks DVM]

IMO the biggest thing that will sway my opinion on this is what kinda NTC or NMC this contract has. Killorn could be a huge deadline pickup.

As long as it goes away the last year no big deal

 

[jiggsawpuzzle35]

Why the F are people bent out of shape? We have the cap space and we have to overpay because the team is based in California. This isn’t Florida or Nevada.

 

[Arthuros]

As long as it goes away the last year no big deal

Yeah, more thinking in the last 1-2 years of his contract.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Total contract $25 million...overpayment of about $10 million. Ouch.

5m as far as pure hockey stats. He brings the intangibles to make up for it. Very proud of what a signing like this represents to the fan base and organization.

 

[tomd]

IMO the biggest thing that will sway my opinion on this is what kinda NTC or NMC this contract has. Killorn could be a huge deadline pickup.

In 4 years...

5m

3 x $5m would have been a more reasonable deal. That's $10m

 

[robbieboy3686]

Why the F are people bent out of shape? We have the cap space and we have to overpay because the team is based in California. This isn’t Florida or Nevada.

This

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

More than I'd like for longer than I'd like but great pick-up and the reality is that by the time cap is actually an issue for us, he'll be off the books.

 

[Bleak]

In 4 years...


3 x $5m would have been a more reasonable deal. That's $10m

100% would not sign in Anaheim for that. This is more reasonable for sure.
I think I have to echo this repeatedly to help others (and myself) to understand these signings when we acquire good players. We are a bottom feeding team that is looking to get better. We are going to have to throw cash around like candy

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

1 year too long and 2m more than he should've got but I don't think it'll cause too much trouble for us in the long run so I'm fine with it, worst case scenario we buy him out in his last year or two if we desperately need the cap space

1 year too long I’ll agree with but some of you guys are tripping if you think he’s a 4 million dollar player. He’s scored over 120 points the last two seasons and is perhaps the preeminent complimentary winger in the game. He should easily be worth that deal next year.