Confirmed with Link: Canucks re-sign F Drew O'Connor to 2-Year, $5M Deal ($2.5M AAV)
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strattonius
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Everyone on here realizes Pettersson's play is in the dump since last year. It's not really a 'feather in the cap' great example of shrewd player analysis.
The way I see it is O'Connor isn't a run of the mill min salary player. Examples of those are Aman, Karlsson or Bains type players - guys that jump from the AHL to NHL. Best case scenario for these players is they develop in to a player as good as O'Connor. I'm not trying to say this is a slam dunk signing and/or player we found; I'm saying O'Connor is very clearly in a tier of players ahead of aforementioned min salary types.
Let's just hope he carries his play the rest of the year and going in to next year. We need some of that luck to pan out.
Diablo2020
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After years of Conor Garland being overpaid and untradable to now being a steal and almost untouchable I cant help but think his deal and production is the new benchmark and easier to calculate salaries.
50 points -> Conor Garland -> 5,000,000
25 points -> Drew O'Connor -> 2,500,000
10 points -> Phil Di Guiseppe -> 1,000,000
Pius Suter fits this perfectly. 30 points? 3,000,000
And "term" could mean a wide range. A 7 vs 8 year deal is an issue around term. So is 4 vs 7. Regardless, my point remains. Boeser will be 28 and is an established player. He played in 81 regular season games last season and 74 the year before. He'll likely play in 70+ games this season. He scored 40 goals last season and might end up scoring at a 30 goal pace this season. Management had no issues offering a 7 year contract to a 30 year old Lindholm.
Concerns over how Boeser would age are simply concerns. There's not a whole lot management can point to to reasonably get away without offering him at least a 7 year deal. Don't get me wrong, I understand the concerns but that's just the cost of doing business. If the team doesn't want to offer Boeser at least a 7 year deal then really Boeser should look to play elsewhere and the team should decided to trade or keep him as a rental (I prefer trade).
I think the concerns with Boeser is with his speed and his injury history, not his concussion history, but his overall injury history. I don't know why management is fine with taking that risk with Lindholm but if management is not fine with giving Boeser 7, then I am guessing they probably think his speed and injury history makes him way riskier compared to Lindholm.
I'm not really sure we're disagreeing here but merely I'm raising a different point. I understand the concerns but those concerns could exist with every player. You mention speed. Boeser has never been a fast player and probably got a bit slower after his back injury. But is there evidence of decline in speed over the past two years where he scored 40 last season and on pace for 30 this season? I don't think so. You mentioned injury history. His regular season games played the past 4: 71, 74, 81, on pace for 70ish (he could hit 75) and he missed games due to a dirty hit. That's a better games played record than Debrusk who got a 7 year deal. Lindholm has been more durable but he did miss games last year, is older, and we offered him a 7 year deal. Lindholm isn't a burner either. Is there something in Boeser's medical records that didn't get in the way of him scoring 40 goals last season? Maybe. Is he likely to suffer chronic blood clots? Who knows. But again, concerns are concerns. There's nothing you can point to that makes it reasonable for Boeser to accept less os if there is a difference in opinion there is a difference in opinion and that's not something that is likely to be resolved through negotiation.
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