Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] D Rasmus Dahlin signs extension with the Sabres (8 years, $11M AAV)

[yzerman]

He is worth the money and now he can buy me a new house if i only knew him.

 

[old kummelweck]

BTW, this was his post-bridge deal AND they are buying 7 years of UFA. Sabres already banked some savings last year and this season on his bridge.

Fox, Heiskanen, Hughes, Sanderson and Makar never signed bridge deals, so those teams were buying less years of UFA.

 

[Dirty Dog]

6.5-7M

Right, so if he regresses back to that, he is overpaid by 2 million-ish? That’s really nothing notable or even worth discussing if that’s the worst contract a team has.

Productive players that are scoring 30 goals and overpaid a bit aren’t contacts that disrupt a cap structure of a team.

 

[jiitu]

Anothwr addition of front-loaded cap stucture on nhl and one more team to show in the future that this will not lead the team to success.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

They both can be overpays at the time and then maybe improve to live to the deal

Yeah, except the problem here is Dahlin can live up to the deal and be making $11M in the '31 - '32 season, whereas if Matthews lives up to his deal he'll likely be asking for $15M+ from '28 - '29 to '31-'32...

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Anothwr addition of front-loaded cap stucture on nhl and one more team to show in the future that this will not lead the team to success.

... What exactly do you think "Front-loaded" means in terms of NHL contracts?

 

[MavisGoldberg]

Uuuh..."i get there is a cap, BUT...."

Why anyone actuall ever would even care in forums, how much someone earns, if there was no cap?

Cap is the all that makes it matter. But ok, in ypu nhl team, best players would earn 20M and....tjey would have one line roster. Maybe a goaltender in addition.

Cap is tied to revenues.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

... What exactly do you think "Front-loaded" means in terms of NHL contracts?

You and I both know that Dahlin is getting $80M of in summer 2024

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

Non top 5D in the league should not be making 11M

Makar, Fox, McAvoy, all are a lot under 11M and are better then him, but they signed under lower cap.

Dahlin ceiling is lower than Malar and Fox but probably better than McAvoy

He still needs to improve to be worth 11M

In terms of production, (P/PG) he was literally the very 5th best.

Good luck with 40 goal Matthews for 13.5

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

BTW, this was his post-bridge deal AND they are buying 7 years of UFA. Sabres already banked some savings last year and this season on his bridge.

Fox, Heiskanen, Hughes, Sanderson and Makar never signed bridge deals, so those teams were buying less years of UFA.

Seems like important context.

 

[DickSmehlik]

Assuming he continues with his upward trajectory both offensively and defensively...what team do you think he gets traded to in a few years and then goes on to win the Cup immediately?

 

[Picklepete]

This is market value for dahlin at the time even if Sanderson was never born.

This contract will be a steal in 3-4 years

A Steal ?!
None of these 10.5-11.5 mil. Type deals are a steal !
He's good, not 11 mil good.

 

[Channelcat]

This guy should be the perennial Norris winner.

 

[MavisGoldberg]

A Steal ?!
None of these 10.5-11.5 mil. Type deals are a steal !
He's good, not 11 mil good.

Cap hits will keep going up yearly now. 11 million is no overpay LOL

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Very embarrassing deal compared to Makar and Heiskanen.

 

[MavisGoldberg]

Its not an overpay but you know who is? Auston Matthews big time.

Wasn't Matthews getting 15-16 per in LA in 2024? What's the issue with 13.25?

 

[KingAlfie11]

Man that Sanderson 8M for 8 year contract looks even better now seeing that Buffalo had to overpay big time on Dahlin I'm sorry but in what reality is Rasmus Dahlin worth $11 million???

 

[hamzarocks]

Man that Sanderson 8M for 8 year contract looks even better now seeing that Buffalo had to overpay big time on Dahlin I'm sorry but in what reality is Rasmus Dahlin worth $11 million???

Well Sanderson isn't even better than Powers so not sure why your comparing him to Dahlin

The Sens overpaid Sanderson 1-2M similar to Dahlin at full term.

Both are deals players can grow into with continued development

Difference is Dahlin is a tier higher than Sanderson so his deal being higher pre-potential is correctly going to be higher

 

[deleted user]

God he's so good.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

A Steal ?!
None of these 10.5-11.5 mil. Type deals are a steal !
He's good, not 11 mil good.

Anybody locking up an elite player to a max term deal at or just above current market value is getting a steal right now.

Man that Sanderson 8M for 8 year contract looks even better now seeing that Buffalo had to overpay big time on Dahlin I'm sorry but in what reality is Rasmus Dahlin worth $11 million???

Sanderson has done f*** all to prove he's on the same tier as Dahlin lol.

 

[jiitu]

Cap is tied to revenues.

Can you explain, how does this refer to my comment? There was comparison of salaries from pre-cap era and then comment and "yeah, there is cap now, BUT....."

Like cap would just make a tiny detail here..

 

[Fatass]

Man that Sanderson 8M for 8 year contract looks even better now seeing that Buffalo had to overpay big time on Dahlin I'm sorry but in what reality is Rasmus Dahlin worth $11 million???

Not for the first couple years of the contract but for the final six years, as the cap goes up, then it’s a good deal.

 

[MavisGoldberg]

Can you explain, how does this refer to my comment? There was comparison of salaries from pre-cap era and then comment and "yeah, there is cap now, BUT....."

Like cap would just make a tiny detail here..

The stars should not be making almost as much as they did when revenues were 1/8th what they are today.

 

[Jim Bob]

Man that Sanderson 8M for 8 year contract looks even better now seeing that Buffalo had to overpay big time on Dahlin I'm sorry but in what reality is Rasmus Dahlin worth $11 million???

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Very embarrassing deal compared to Makar and Heiskanen.

No, what's embarrassing is comparing a third contract signed right before the cap thaws out, which buys 7 UFA years, to two second contracts that were signed while the league was still in a state of complete financial uncertainty thanks to COVID regulations.