Confirmed Signing with Link: [CAR] D Jaccob Slavin signs extension with the Hurricanes (8 years, $6.396M AAV; begins 2025-26, salary deferred to 9th year)

[Hodge]

Vlasic contract 2.0

 

[Mickey Marner]

Good cap hit assuming he ages reasonably well.

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

Fire your agent.

 

[jonu]

Those damn Florida taxes again letting Canes get a steal of a deal

 

[Idiot Stick]

steal, one of the best dmen in the league if not the best

 

[DFF]

Damn, zadorov reportedly wants as much

 

[kevsh]

When judging the contract keep in mind he's 30, not 27 and got 8 years.
That's how you get to $6.4M and not 8+.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Nurse is still better tho.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Vlasic contract 2.0

Using $93 mil as an estimate for 25-26, Vlasic accounted for the equivalent of $8.19 mil in year 1 of his contract.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Using $93 mil as an estimate for 25-26, Vlasic accounted for the equivalent of $8.19 mil in year 1 of his contract.

There's that, and the fact that Slavin is better than Vlasic ever was.

 

[Scotianhab]

Duthie is probably crying with all these extensions.

 

[WaW]

I dont believe that anywhere near as many players in the league are taking discounts to stay with their teams...that's a dumb, naive thing fans overblow and make up everytime something that appears team friendly happens, particularly with the earning potential in this sport being so much lower than the other major leagues.

I've never bought into the narrative of Slavin being the most underrated player in the league. I mean, it's clearly either that the league doesn't actually agree with that (hence him being paid like a good #2 defensemen and not a #1), or he/his agent got fleeced. I think it's the former...the league probably just doesn't see him in the same light as fans do, and the league is usually more correct than fans are.

 

[Kiorei]

Happy for him. He's a good person inside and out from what I've seen. He was never going to leverage for a huge deal. Hopefully he ages gracefully but he does have a lot of miles on him. Good job Canes.

 

[Felidae]

Underpayed compared to his peers and underappreciated.. dude has only finished top 10 in Norris voting once.

 

[Hodge]

Using $93 mil as an estimate for 25-26, Vlasic accounted for the equivalent of $8.19 mil in year 1 of his contract.

More about the age/term and defensive dmen not aging well in general.

That said, Canes had to do this. There's no replacing Slavin in the short term while they're still going for a Cup.

 

[dgibb10]

That is by far the biggest steal of a contract of all time. Not a bargain after the fact where a player breaks out, but just, from the moment it is signed, just an absolute pure bargain and everyone knows it

 

[Curufinwe]

Those damn Florida taxes again letting Canes get a steal of a deal

Taxes are higher in Carolina, but I think it costs them less to insure their giant homes than in Florida.

 

[M88K]

That little? Good on the Canes locking up the best defensive d-man in the league to a steal

 

[93gilmour93]

Unreal contract. Well done....

 

[TGWL]

Great cap hit. But that's long term for a player who will be 31 when it starts.

 

[kanucks25]

There's that, and the fact that Slavin is better than Vlasic ever was.

Vlasic in his prime was pretty darn good.

Slavin's reputation is aided by the advanced stats era which was in its infancy when Vlasic was one of the best in the league.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Vlasic in his prime was pretty darn good.

Slavin's reputation is aided by the advanced stats era which was in its infancy when Vlasic was one of the best in the league.

Vlasic was an excellent defender, but Slavin is one of the best defensive defenseman I've seen in 30+ years of watching hockey

 

[Dr Amazing]

Sign and trade to Colorado for Girard.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

What the actual f***

This is an absolute steal. Why would slavin agree to that. He could’ve easily gotten 8x8, I guess he wants to take a discount to win


Great deal

 

[AvatarAang]

Lol what is it with your people, I am not disagreeing with how good Forsling but I think he is more a two defensmen then pure defensive.

I think they are just upset that not a single team congratulated them at the draft.

Just ignore them, we all know that Slavin is a beast. Congrats on signing a great contract!