Anything less than $10M is a good contract
Confirmed Signing with Link: [BOS] Bruins sign Charlie McAvoy to extension (8 years, $9.5M AAV)
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MarkusNaslund19
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What do you mean 'not basing on comps'? You might as well say, 'not including reality'.
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McAvoy/Fox/ Makar are the premier D in the league. Not only for they’re age range, but as a whole overall. Yes there are other good/very good D-men but these 3 are a cut above. Any one of them could win the Norris on any given year.
I expect both McAvoy and Fox s new deals to be similar to what makar got, give or take a million at most, one way or the other.
Hedman is 30 at this point in time, but still at a level where he can contend for the Norris as well.
Still a beast.
as an American, I wish 1 of McAvoy /Fox were left handed. I’d love to see a McAvoy-Fox 1St pair at the olympics
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Petry has never been better then McAvoy, and that includes last year playing in the weak Canadian division.
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Petry is at the end of his prime.
McAvoy is entering his.
It’s also just a 4 year deal
I hope this gets done quickly and fairly for both sides. This kid has worked hard to get to this point in his career and deserves to be paid , but with that said you want to have room for the rest of your roster with some room to make a competitive team .
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McAvoy will be the age that Petry is right now at the end of his 8 year extension. The cap will continue to go up - in fact, it will go up marginally during Petry's deal but MASSIVELY during McAvoys. And, yes, McAvoy is absolutely better than Petry. Petry is underrated, but McAvoy is, too.
I thought I saw somewhere ~$8.9MM per annum for 8 years
It’s the going rate for 1D nowadays, and Charlie is a stud (plus based on recent comps ie Jones, Hamilton, Nurse)
It’s the going rate for 1D nowadays, and Charlie is a stud (plus based on recent comps ie Jones, Hamilton, Nurse)
Qward
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Why are people signing their young stars with a full season left on their current contract?
Dont they know it is way more fun to wait to start negotiations at the start of training camp?
Dont they know it is way more fun to wait to start negotiations at the start of training camp?
Petrus
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Don’t forget the guy in Dallas!
Do you watch the same Habs games as I do? Petry is a stud offensively but he's a catastrophe in his zone. He's not one of the worst defenceman in the NHL in giveaways for no reason.
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It really depends. Signing the young guys to big contracts is a gamble for sure. But, the "winning the gamble" part for the organization is a guy like Klingberg, who is playing his 29 year old season finishing up a 7 year contract that has a cap hit of 4.25. The Stars won big on that. And he will win big again either with Dallas or another team in a few months.
TooMuchMan
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That would be wizardry or highway robbery - I'm not sure which is the more apt metaphor.
McAvoy is very easily worth $9.5 million - if not more given comps. B's fans would be rightfully ecstatic if he signs for around $8.5 mil. Kid is a possession monster and with time on PP1 should be 50-60 point D.
That would be a dream. Even if he ends up in the 8-10 million range it is a good investment. McAvoy impacts every inch of the ice with his play.
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I think it’s basically Makar over him and that is it.
themelkman
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Not super related to this extension but whats the Bruins plan long term? No prospects, Bergeron might retire. Seems like they might not be great next year
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The risk is they leave after the few years if it takes the to UFA, or it ends a few years before followed by them wanting their 8 year deal then when they’d be even older or more expensive; if you don’t want to give it then maybe they opt for the second short deal walking to UFA
or they leave and you save money… but what do you spend it on, an aging UFA?
obviously there’s other potential outcomes but no more likely than those; if he turns out well it’s arguably safer to lock him up young at current rates and hope the cap keeps rising
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Hedman got forgot pretty quickly
Yes that’s my bad. Forgot to add him
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But Hedman is already 30.
While still high end and Norris worthy, at this point, I’d rather have one of the 3 young guns now and next 5 years plus
In this case... McAvoy moving to the first powerplay with Pasta, Marchand, Hall and Bergeron... well... they better get him signed before that Norris comes from his points exploding.
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I think 9-10 is market value. 8.5 is a solid discount, anything less is robbery. Anything over 10 has proven risky. I'm happy with ~9 give or take half a million.
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If he got the $8.45m that Heiskanen is getting that would be the best I could hope for. I believe Heiskanen is the premier defenseman in the NHL and will win 5 Norris trophies. He's sublime. I love Charlie but Miro's contract is so good and he's 22.
