Confirmed with Link: Canucks Re-Sign Filip Hronek to 8y/7.25m Contract

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Meh. Seems like a ton of money to invest in a guy that played second fiddle to the Norris Trophy winner and disappeared for half the season. Hopefully he proves to be worth it by the end of the contract.
 
Well it's more AAV than I had hoped, but perhaps my hopes were unrealistic.

Anyhow, Hronek is a versatile d-man who can play in all situations. I'd like to see Hronek carry his own pairing next season though as I think his potential is somewhat limited covering for Quinn. Getting Tanev could certainly help that.

Importantly this helps Allvin focus on other tasks.
 
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Meh. Seems like a ton of money to invest in a guy that played second fiddle to the Norris Trophy winner and disappeared for half the season. Hopefully he proves to be worth it by the end of the contract.
i think once the cap hits like 95m this will be a good contract.

for the record, suck it Servalli for the 8M shit
 
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On his playoff performance - he was definitely injured. His second half cool-down wasn't injury driven, IMO, but I do think a lot of his playoff play was injury related.

And we have some good historical examples of our own (Kevin Bieksa, being one) of guys who struggled in their first playoff appearance that had good performances down the line.

He's a young top four guy, hopefully with lots of room to grow.
 
Makes sense all things considered.

7.25 was the number I had penciled in but I was hoping they'd be able to bring it down a little with an 8-year term.
 
perfectly fine with this as a stand alone. basically the going price for a complementary partner to a norris calibre defender.

choosing hronek over zadorov (which is what this appears to be) - f*** yes

extrapolating a dozen playoff games to determine which players to keep for the better part of the next decade is insane. glad the canucks went with the larger sample size in their decision.
 
I’d expect he would have gotten something similar on the open market. He was trending higher before tanking offensively in the second half and a rather underwhelming playoffs.
 
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Also, he better level up and maintain his performance for longer than half a season. He got his bag. Time to earn it.
 
I’d expect he would have gotten something similar on the open market. He was trending higher before tanking offensively in the second half and a rather underwhelming playoffs.
Always better to get it done as you just never know.
 
I think im relieved management isnt jumping into the unknown by dropping this player. The price and term feels high but i think we would end up overpaying for whoever the replacement would be. I think he's part of keeping Hughes happy as well.
 
On his playoff performance - he was definitely injured. His second half cool-down wasn't injury driven, IMO, but I do think a lot of his playoff play was injury related.

And we have some good historical examples of our own (Kevin Bieksa, being one) of guys who struggled in their first playoff appearance that had good performances down the line.

He's a young top four guy, hopefully with lots of room to grow.
He played 94 games last season, most he had ever played in a season is 78. Hopefully Canucks can have a better system next year to put less stress on the defence.
 

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