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

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Fair signing. Give every team in the league 9.5mil in compliance buyouts and a feee Charlie McAvoy (at 9.5m) and every team takes that deal and improves significantly.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Hockey fans are going to have to wrap their heads around the fact its not 2011 anymore. I dont know why people are always suprised by these cap hits as if first liners are still supposed to be paid 7 million dollars

 

[Vitto79]

Lord Fox is getting 9 to 9.5 now

 

[Jets]

Holy cash.

 

[loosemoose]

Still underpaid.

 

[BusQuets]

Yikes that's not a good deal for Bruins.

 

[Extra Texture]

Dayummm.

McEvoy is a cornerstone player though. Jealous the Bruins get to roll this guy for the next decade.

This summer is crazy for Dmen getting paid. Jones, Hamilton, Hughes, Makar, McAvoy, Nurse, Werenski. Wild stuff

edit: damn, I even forgot about Miro Hesikenen . That's 514 million+ in contract dollars handed out to these guys since June. Insane

 

[steierwrass]

Insane.

Ekblad looking like a freakin steal right now.

Can't really compare Ekblad one to one, when one was done multiple years ago in little lower salary cap and after ELC.

This looks like fair deal for both. Not cheap, not expensive. Had to be done for your #1.

 

[UConn126]

I'm a fan. Mac is a bonafide stud #1 dman, and given the other contracts signed this summer, this is totally fair. Happy he'll be a Bruin for at least 8 more years after this season.

 

[UConn126]

I’m not even going to lie - Thats ALOT.

guessing you don't watch the Bruins often.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I was guessing 9 million.

This is the rate for these #1 D.

Not shocked.

 

[DRW204]

mcavoy is legit. and if he gets PP time he'd get so much more public praise/acclaim. deal will be basically through his prime/peak.

ps - raise your kids dmen

 

[Gator Mike]

McAvoy's a stud.

Finished 5th in the Norris voting last year, and you could have made a case that he should have been one of the Top 3.

Have ZERO issues with this deal as a Bruins fan.

 

[Skelen]

Love the deal. This thread is a prime example of doesn't watch the Bruins and doesn't understand the changing market.

 

[shaner8989]

Sick player but 9.5 is to much imo. Career high of 32 points. Making more than Makar??

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Sick player but 9.5 is to much imo. Career high of 32 points. Making more than Makar??

He and Makar are nowhere near the same type of player...

 

[loosemoose]

Sick player but 9.5 is to much imo. Career high of 32 points. Making more than Makar??

Because he's better than Makar at 5v5 and on PK.

 

[FrankerC]

Yikes that's not a good deal for Bruins.

Yet being praised by all Bruins fans. McAvoy, barring injury, will be a top 5 Norris candidate for at least half of this contract if not more. It’s a great signing and adds the official d-man cornerstone after losing Chara.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Same deal as Seth Jones who is 4 years older and much worse. I have no problems with it.

There's no contest there, the Jones deal is big woof

 

[Greek_physique]

Sick player but 9.5 is to much imo. Career high of 32 points. Making more than Makar??

If you factor his play last year over an 82 game season, he would've averaged >60points.

If you want to factor in his playoff success, he had 42points in 62games all while playing limited PP time and against other teams top lines.

He's the modern day version of D.Doughty....will be elite on both sides of the ice.

 

[Knightslayer]

He and Makar are nowhere near the same type of player...

You're right, Makar is much better.

 

[BKarchitect]

Worth every penny. A GD beast of a modern defenseman. This deal is more than Makar’s because pretty obviously it eats into more prime UFA years. It’s not rocket science. Makar will be what, 28, when his deal ends and McAvoy will be like 32?

If the Avs wanted Makar on an 8 year deal - that number was going to be 8-digits long and not just by a little…

 

[UConn126]

Sick player but 9.5 is to much imo. Career high of 32 points. Making more than Makar??

Mac doesn't get top PP minutes generally. If he did, his numbers would be way higher. Elite offense 5 on 5, plus a top shutdown guy.

 

[steierwrass]

Sick player but 9.5 is to much imo. Career high of 32 points. Making more than Makar??

Comparing apples to oranges. One getting 6 years after ELC, so mostly RFA years and other one 8 years mostly UFA years. How hard it's for people to understand, how to compare deals. How long those are, what years and compare those to cap. (And others said about their player type already.)

 

[BLONG7]

It's the market for a young #1 Dman...........agents everywhere are smiling...
Somewhere, in a back room Jeremy Jacobs is in shock....