Around the League Thread | Holiday Season!

[supercanuck]

To be fair, that extra 500k is 3 million dollars. Also, I don't know that Zadorov is necessarily in a better situation if he signs here anyway. He's a somewhat erratic, albeit very likeable, player who had a run in the playoffs, but was a pretty good candidate to have the shine come off of him, IMO.

To bring the discussion back to young players - sometimes we forget that a career can be over in an instant, and it is probably a prudent move to advise a talented young player that guaranteed money now is probably not a bad priority when a lot of these guys are one bad break away from being dropped into the world as a barely high-school educated dude who has always been the top of the pecking order with a blown out knee and the maturity of a 14 year old at 22. (yes, I know that's not the case for everyone, but a lot of young ultra-high-performance athletes in all sports have basically been required to be professionally selfish since childhood and are borderline useless outside of their niche.)

If my kid was ever in this situation, I would 100% advise him to guarantee himself the most money he can right after the entry level expires. You just never know what can happen.

 

[RobertKron]

If my kid was ever in this situation, I would 100% advise him to guarantee himself the most money he can right after the entry level expires. You just never know what can happen.

Yeah, like it's one thing if it's a young mid/low roster player opting for a good situation to establish a long-term career and the alternative is only going to be a slightly higher total anyway, but for a player like Bedard where the difference between an 8yr deal and a 3 year deal will be an absolutely humongous amount of money, it's kind of a no brainer.

 

[StreetHawk]

Yeah, like it's one thing if it's a young mid/low roster player opting for a good situation to establish a long-term career and the alternative is only going to be a slightly higher total anyway, but for a player like Bedard where the difference between an 8yr deal and a 3 year deal will be an absolutely humongous amount of money, it's kind of a no brainer.

You just need to look at Stamkos and the difference in leverage he has between how his 4 contracts went. ELC at 18. 5 year deal at 21. 8 year max deal at 26. 4 year deal at 34. At 34, TB was ready to move on.

But, if you do like McDavid and do ELC at 18, max at 21, then at 29, you can max again to 37, which ends 1 year before the 4 contracts that Stamkos signed. And at 29, you're getting the max term as the team will pay to keep you through your likely declining years.

 

[Rowlet]

Hughes is within 2 of Makar in 3 less games

 

[Szechwan]

Laughton with the Brian Rolston breakaway slapper earlier today, you love to see it

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/rJ1VYdzJPj

 

[The Stig]

Calgary, Minnesota and Montreal had themselves a night. Dan The Man Vladar had the greatest game in the history of mankind.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Oilers looking like they’re getting their stride again (just like last season).



Sigh..