Confirmed Signing with Link: [BOS] Bruins sign Charlie McAvoy to extension (8 years, $9.5M AAV)

[Bread and Circuses]

I figured 8.5 would have been the discount steal of a lifetime that I never expected, I think this deal is fine.

 

[tictactoe]

wow this is crazy.

imo

 

[varano]

The guy took a really cheap bridge deal when he didnt have to so yeah....this is his time to get paid. It evens out. Not sure where all the shock comes from. He deserves it.

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

Beyond Bruin fans, most of the comments are negative. He's far overpaid and will only get worse in time. Jones and Werenski played on a terrible team and their numbers were suppressed, but they still outscored McAvoy and played more games each season.

If you want to get technical, compare salaries based on age consider 24 and under DMen:

• Werenski - $9.58M (starts 2022/23);
• McAvoy - $9.5M ;
• Makar - $9.0M;
• Heiskanen - $8.45M
• Chabot - $8.0M;
• QHughes - $7.85M;
• Provorov - $6.75M;
• Dahlin - $6.0M.

There is no justification for this salary for an often injured player.

Seems to me most of the negative comments are from people (like you) who don't understand that there is more to hockey then just putting up points, otherwise you know Tyson Barrie would be the best Dman in the league (he's clearly not), also none of the naysayers have any clue about the market and how it (you know) dictates contracts, calling this a far overpayment, and saying a 23 year old will only get worse with time? WHAT?

Sounds like you don't like the team or player or both and your doing everything you can to justify being wrong.

Using players coming off of ELC's and contracts that were signed years ago as comparables makes this even more amusing.

 

[Blitzkrug]

I think the one thing that's also being overlooked (which is fair since we don't know how exactly it will affect things) is how this deal will look as the salary cap increases.

People think it's an overpayment now but what happens when the cap starts to go back up in 3 years and the Bruins are paying 9.5 million a year for a bonafide 27 year old top pairing guy while everyone else gets screwed by the inevitability of rising salaries?

 

[leafsfan5]

He's worth every penny

 

[Ivo]

Franchise defenseman, perennial Norris candidate, you've gotta lock that down. He wouldn't give the discount that Bergeron/Marchand did, but you just have to admit he's worth it to anchor your defense.

In 8 years, $9.5 million will be nothing anyway.

Bergeron’s wasn’t really a huge discount when he signed it and Marchand signed just before he really broke out. The Bruins got lucky there with the timing. McAvoys three year bridge has been severely underpaid, I guess he is making up for it with this extension.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Really it isn't. Dude has never played a whole season due to injury and what not. Though it has been better the last 2 with 5 missed last season and I think 3-4 the one before but his first two seasons he missed a ton of games.

Can he be worth this contract, damn straight. Is it a sure thing? No. He basically got the same contract as Seth Jones without having done as much as Jones in the NHL and I am not even sure Jones is worth the deal he got.

5 games missed....LOL. You really bringing that up like it matters at f***ing all? It's clear you don't watch McAvoy, those of us who do know this deal is fair. Dude is an absolute stud and on of the best young defenders in the game.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Wow, I like McAvoy but I don't think he's in the elite class. I viewed him as a 7 million a year guy, but I guess Boston needs the next wave of core players and he is one. He is just too injury prone but at least his extension starts when he is 24 and not like 29....

Maybe watch him play more than. He's easily elite, it's not even up for debate.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Ya no he is not better but about even. He brings thing Jones doesn't and Jones brings thing he doesn't. He has also played his 4 year career on a much better team that Jones has most of his career.

Uhh yes, he is better. Your opinions in the minority here buddy...

 

[JoeSakic13]

I mean sticker shock cuz only a couple guys in the league are making that, but he’s right up there with them in the talent pool.

Shame they couldn’t get him to take a bit of a hometown discount, but like the poster above me mentioned he already did that with his bridge.

Could mean the end of the DeBrusk or Zboril depending on how much of discount THEY take as they’re gonna be RFAs next offseason. Bergeron is also a UFA, but I honestly can’t see him not signing back at a discount.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Beyond Bruin fans, most of the comments are negative. He's far overpaid and will only get worse in time. Jones and Werenski played on a terrible team and their numbers were suppressed, but they still outscored McAvoy and played more games each season.

If you want to get technical, compare salaries based on age consider 24 and under DMen:

• Werenski - $9.58M (starts 2022/23);
• McAvoy - $9.5M ;
• Makar - $9.0M;
• Heiskanen - $8.45M
• Chabot - $8.0M;
• QHughes - $7.85M;
• Provorov - $6.75M;
• Dahlin - $6.0M.

There is no justification for this salary for an often injured player.

He's really not often injured, like at all. You don't know jackshit about hockey, we get it.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Ya no he is not better but about even. He brings thing Jones doesn't and Jones brings thing he doesn't. He has also played his 4 year career on a much better team that Jones has most of his career.

You’ll find almost no one agreeing with you on this. Jones is a wreck in his own end.

 

[bleedgreen]

8-10 is the new 6-8. Time for people to deal with it.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Beyond Bruin fans, most of the comments are negative. He's far overpaid and will only get worse in time. Jones and Werenski played on a terrible team and their numbers were suppressed, but they still outscored McAvoy and played more games each season.

If you want to get technical, compare salaries based on age consider 24 and under DMen:

• Werenski - $9.58M (starts 2022/23);
• McAvoy - $9.5M ;
• Makar - $9.0M;
• Heiskanen - $8.45M
• Chabot - $8.0M;
• QHughes - $7.85M;
• Provorov - $6.75M;
• Dahlin - $6.0M.

There is no justification for this salary for an often injured player.

Dude, him being younger is a positive, not a negative. There are also very few negative comments. Also how the hell is it going to get WORSE as he ages and gets better while the cap goes up?

McAvoy is better than everyone on that list besides Makar, who is on his first contract so that makes sense.

You clearly watch zero Bruins games. Why was McAvoy so much higher in Norris votes than these guys except Makar?

 

[Dache]

Obviously there’s some sticker shock at 9.5 AAV but McAvoy is assuredly worth that. I’d take him before every other dman except Makar that signed this summer

Compared to recent signings yeah I’d agree it’s fair. I just still can’t get my head around how in a flat cap these signings have skyrocketed like this.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

I was guessing 9 give or take 500k, was hoping for the take 500k, but it's about what I expected.

Glad to have him here for 8 more years.

 

[Wayward Son]

A well deserved contract.

 

[johnnybbadd]

Orr
Park
Bourque
Chara
McAvoy

I really hate Boston for having this level of #1 defencemen for so long. Congrats Bruins. I don’t think people realize how good McAvoy is but they will find out soon.

 

[TGWL]

Good for Boston to have for 8 more years. He's only 23 and has already played 4 NHL seasons. Young enough where if they enter a big rebuild in a few years for whatever reason, Pasta and McAvoy are still young enough to be core pieces. Pretty impressive.

 

[Gurglesons]

Finally Boston does not get a deal an one of the best players at his position in the league lol

 

[Artorius Horus T]

As good as he is. Almost 10 mill a season is wayyyyy too much for Charlie McAvoy!.

These contract.....Oy Vey x 1000.......

 

[OrangePMD]

Fair deal. Amazing player.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

8-10 is the new 6-8. Time for people to deal with it.

It still doesn't make it okay.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

I think we can acknowledge that McAvoy is a great player, while also admitting that he might be a million or so overpaid. That doesn't detract from him a player.

Every thread we end up with pages upon pages of an argument like this that gets nowhere.