Confirmed with Link: Arbitration Avoided, Bratt Signs for 1 year, $5.45 million
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hidek91
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Yeah, I agree that coping mechanisms sports fanbases have make it hard to have a sober discussion. I'd love to be wrong but I think that Bratt just wants to get to free agency ASAP, I don't think that Devils' front office likes the direction of where this is going and they have almost no control over the situation. What Bratt is doing is similar to players that want to leave are doing, the only step left is to make it publically clear that he wants to leave.
JimEIV
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100% of base salary so his QO will be exactly the same as his salary this year 5.450
Jespers estimated career earnings on Cap Friendly 7.747 to date....CAREER.
So in his CAREER to date he has earned about as much as Nico did last year and less than Jack will this year in his 5 YEAR CAREER.... that's just f***ing gross.
How can he not fly the coup at his first chance?
Jesper has to "prove it again" but Jack doesn't even once?
Jesper doesn’t have to prove anything, he was offered a long term contract and HE decided not to sign the contract. You had weekes tweeting during the middle of the draft thay Bratt was in line to make 6.75-7 plus mil on a new contract which would put him in line with the same contract nico got
glenwo2
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Right.
Because Weekes was privy to the private negotiations going on between Fitz and Bratt so he would know that was the amount offered.
Come on, Bcap88.
That is just Weekes speculating like everyone here has done ad nauseum.
No one really knows what was offered and we might never know.
The only thing we do know is Bratt signed a one-year deal and will be laser-focused on improving his potential earnings for a long-term deal this coming season.
JimEIV
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We have no idea about the particulars of what was offered. Or even any real numbers other than speculation...and Weekes tweet almost implied that it was a signed Jesper and the #2 for Tkachuk....we'll all know how that turned out...so basically it's all just noise.
But on the supposed salary offer in comparison to Nico...
6.75--7 at 24 years old with total career earnings of 7.7 doesn't put him anywhere near what Nico got at 21 years old. Not remotely close.
Nico currently has an estimated career earnings of over 17 million.... Jesper is at 7.7.
How could Jesper not be pissed?
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So your telling me a guy pretty well connected within the organization wouldn’t hear the numbers floating around ? Weekes who has been pretty spot on about devils related things before they happen. Ruff signing, palat signing etc. cmon he clearly gets his nuggets of information from someone within the organization, marty ?Right.
Because Weekes was privy to the private negotiations going on between Fitz and Bratt so he would know that was the amount offered.
Come on, Bcap88.
glenwo2
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Sorry but I don't buy it.
That is just Weekes speculating like everyone here has done ad nauseum.
No one really knows what was offered and we might never know.
The only thing we do know is that Bratt signed a one-year deal and will be laser-focused on improving his potential earnings for a long-term deal this coming season.
It’s amazing the angles and entry ways you’ll resolve yourself to take in order to attack your whipping boys.
I’m begging you, don’t do this every day for the next year.
glenwo2
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You keep comparing nico’s contract to bratt’s future contract as if they fall under the same set of circumstances which they don’t
1. The contracts are offered by two different gm’s
2. Any contract long term wise Bratt signs is eating into 4-5 ufa years
3. Nico long term contract eats into about 2 years ufa wise.
glenwo2
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If he wanted to walk to free agency, he would've gone through with arbitration, or he could've taken a 4 year deal in 2021. I don't believe he wants to get to free agency ASAP, there's nothing that indicates this.
glenwo2
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It's almost like some here are so miserable they WANT to be right to confirm their misery.
No one is allowed to have any optimism in this situation apparently.
It's only "Bratt's gone. We're doomed. Woe is me
" crap.(This is not directed toward you, Triumph but those pessimistic Devils fans in general) :
How about we wait to see what Bratt does next offseason before we jump off the ledge, eh?
JimEIV
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Forget Nico for a second...
Do you believe it is fair or reasonable that in his 5th NHL season Jesper has earned 7.7 million to date?
I really don’t understand you thinking this is so unreasonable. He signed an ELC and a bridge deal. The bridge he held out for and at which point he had scored a career high of 35 points.
How much money should he have made?
Unknown Caller
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I'm not saying the one year deal is a positive thing, but remember that all of those players went through the actual arbitration process and Bratt did not.
How are we just going to forget nico when you keep comparing Bratt contract demands to nico contract
That’s like me saying forget bratt’s 5th year for a second
Do you believe it’s reasonable that a player who has averaged 32 points per season has earned 7.7 million to date ?
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That is about what you would expect. Players picked in round 6 do not get performance bonuses so his first 3 years were locked in. It was only his last 2 years anything could have changed. We do not know what type of offers were made in the last negotiations.
glenwo2
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Except...Bratt avoided arbitration.
So this graphic you provided doesn't amount to hill of beans (whatever that saying is).
For this year he avoided it, wait until it comes back around next year because slim chance he signs a long term deal
Except...Bratt avoided arbitration.
So this graphic you provided doesn't amount to hill of beans (whatever that saying is).
Unknown Caller
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It's not intelligent management in a cap world to only pay a guy for what he's "earned" statistically. It generally results in overpayment and declining value over the course of the contract since you're paying a player for past performance.
You want to pay guys like Bratt now even if they haven't "earned" the contract per se, because we have solid evidence that he will outperform a $7.7M AAV over the course of the contract, which is the entire purpose of team building in a cap world. If you wait for him to "earn" the contract, you may be giving him $9.5-10M AAV.
