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

[wintersej]

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 and Werenski are coming off bridges. You aren’t good at this.

 

[TT1]

GMs have lost their minds

 

[wintersej]

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.

How is he a million overpaid? Show me math. There are a pile of guys who skipped a bridge deal and Werenski and Nurse who did not. I’d take McAvoy over them both 100/100 times.

 

[wintersej]

It still doesn't make it okay.

It’s the same % of cap that Chara and Bergeron got when they signed their last big deals with the Bruins. And this deal doesn’t take McAvoy into his late 30s.

 

[PB37]

I was hoping for a team discount like some of the core Bruins have, but this is a fair market value deal. Bruins have their franchise dman all thru his early prime years and i could not be more happy.

 

[PB37]

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.

Yeesh, what a terrible hot take post complete with " take a look at what I perceive to be the majority think " arguement crutch.

 

[Spektre]

Parayko + 3 million per season = McAvoy?? I'm not seeing it

 

[hockeyisgud]

The Hughes deal keeps looking better and better

 

[Brewin8]

The Hughes deal keeps looking better and better

Yeah, if they were the same player.. McAvoy plays Defense in his own end..

 

[CanadienShark]

Wow that's a big deal. Probably worth more like $8.5m, but they've got their guy through his entire prime now.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I feel like this board has very little conception of how much the cap is set to go up in the next 5 years. It's only flat right now because of COVID.

 

[bossram]

McAvoy is an elite defensemen. Seems pricey, but I think he's worth it. He's certainly better than Jones and Werenski.

I am surprised he got a figure this high without elite boxcar stats though. Good on his agent there.

 

[wintersej]

McAvoy is an elite defensemen. Seems pricey, but I think he's worth it. He's certainly better than Jones and Werenski.

I am surprised he got a figure this high without elite boxcar stats though. Good on his agent there.

I think both his agent and the team know that moving to PP1 is going to make his box car stats explode.

 

[PB37]

 

[Rude Dog]

He took Pastas money. Overpaid.

 

[BostonBruins11]

yup!

 

[rajuabju]

I was off by $500k. Still a solid deal both sides. He's legit and it was his time to get paid. Good on him.

 

[Fisticuffer]

He made up for his bridge deal.
Attaboy Charlie

 

[Gravity]

I was dead on with him using Jones as a comp then. Exact same contract.

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

The Hughes deal keeps looking better and better

It really doesn't.

 

[UConn126]

He took Pastas money. Overpaid.

Swing and a miss.

They'll both get paid. Haula and Foligno come off the books just in time to give Pasta a raise.

 

[UConn126]

The Hughes deal keeps looking better and better

Not really comparable since Hughes skipped his bridge deal, where as McAvoy did not.

 

[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.

Werenski vs Jones vs McAvoy

93% of HF Boards (at the time of posting this) massively disagrees with you.

As I said, all credibility is lost saying Jones is better

 

[nbwingsfan]

I think he’s technically worth this amount, but this could be a killer when building a roster going forward. They’ve been lucky with the discounts on that top line, but if that sort of value isn’t continuing, they may be screwed

Teams are screwed if their players keep taking market value? How does that make sense?

 

[nbwingsfan]

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

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

When Nurse, Werenski, Jones, Hamilton are getting the same, what do you think he’s worth exactly? He’s better than all of them.