Confirmed with Link: Canucks Re-Sign Teddy Blueger to 2y/1.8m

[valkynax]

Gives me hope for what's to come.

 

[Canuckle1970]

Excellent. Will be even better if we can keep that 3rd line with Joshua & Garland intact. Hope...hope...hope.

 

[MS]

Great news, great contract. I figured he'd take $2-2.2 million to bring back so this is a big shave on that.

Had a better season than 22-23 but took a paycut. Obviously wanted to be here.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

That’s a big number in that he got a cut after what I thought was an above average expectation. Good good signing.

 

[DekeyPete]

%100 team friendly. Love to see it. You want to be here and win? Show me. Teddy just did.

 

[ziploc]

Vancouver is a pretty nice place to live.

Everyone and their dogs love it.

 

[The Stig]

Took less money to stay here. I'll be the one to say it. Tidy piece of business.

Allvin knows what he's doing.

 

[dez]

Nice, that’s the cap hit I had him at, fair price for a 4th line center, 3rd line in a pinch.

 

[pitseleh]

Great deal. Would have been fine with it even at an extra $500k/year.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Still think they bring in a right handed center whether now or sometime during the season. I am okay with Blueger as the 3C going into the season.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Decent enough deal.

 

[credulous]

i'm not a big fan of the player but that's a good deal even if he ends up just being a bottom line utility guy

 

[Peen]

Super happy. There were not a lot of centermen available in FA. He has zero offense but he can play minutes to a neutral. He was good at both 3c and 4c.

I thought he would get 2.2 or so. Maybe even 3 years. Very happy.

If his name was Teddy Beagle, I wonder if he could have pulled a bigger contract. Like Ottawa is reported to be willing to pay a lot for veterans. I don’t think this is the type of player who would have been squeezed in FA. This seems like a heavy discount to me.

 

[Nucker101]

Solid deal, cheaper than I expected

 

[krutovsdonut]

good deal all round. i think a smart move by blueger not to try the market. find a place you fit and you get to play and dig in.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Heck yes

Great deal and I couldn't agree more with all of Allvins (rumored) assessments and interests so far, not worried in the slightest for this next week.

Just excited, which is obviously an enormous relief after the past decade.

 

[Nucker101]

Super happy. There were not a lot of centermen available in FA. He has zero offense but he can play minutes to a neutral. He was good at both 3c and 4c.

I thought he would get 2.2 or so. Maybe even 3 years. Very happy.

If his name was Teddy Beagle, I wonder if he could have pulled a bigger contract. Like Ottawa is reported to be willing to pay a lot for veterans. I don’t think this is the type of player who would have been squeezed in FA. This seems like a heavy discount to me.

Honestly his career 5v5/60 production is pretty solid considering the role he plays, he just doesn't look pretty doing it.

 

[Peen]

Honestly his career 5v5/60 production is pretty solid considering the role he plays, he just doesn't look pretty doing it.

He fills lanes well enough but i think it’s dependent on who he’s playing with. All Garland & Joshua needed was a lane filler but next to Aman and PDG, it’s three lane fillers and they generated near a literal 0 in the playoffs

 

[Bitz and Bites]

Wow colour me surprised that Blueger roof took that amount only for two years. I would have thought he’d want more term at that dollar amount but I’m glad he signed a team friendly deal to stay in a place where he’s found a good fit.

 

[BluesyShoes]

Awesome deal. Oozes IQ defensively, easily the name I annoyed my gf the most with saying “oh man Blueger is so smart.” Bit of an unsung hero with how casual he makes things look because his positional awareness is so high for a defensive center.

 

[MS]

Honestly his career 5v5/60 production is pretty solid considering the role he plays, he just doesn't look pretty doing it.

He's averaged 10-20-30/82 for his career and was at 34 points/82 last year.

Injuries have just meant that he's never actually hit 10 goals or 30 points. But when healthy he's clearly a solid 3C and produces at a solid level for a 3C.

 

[Slapshot_11]

1.8 for a 4th line centre is jim benning territory

 

[bossram]

Quite a good deal. The UFA center market is barren, and Blueger stood to get more than that on the market.

Props to Allvin and Blueger.

 

[Hansen]

1.8 for a 4th line centre is jim benning territory

Having a 3C for your 4C is contender territory