Confirmed Signing with Link: [CBJ] F Kirill Marchenko re-signs with the Blue Jackets (3 years, $3.85M AAV)

[MoeBartoli]

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[Satan]

Steal

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Nice bridge deal for Kirill Marchenko this kid has the potential to become a goal scoring machine for the Jackets.

 

[Xoggz22]

Another great deal. Really loving GMDW hire.

 

[Viqsi]

So far so good,

 

[Regal]

Cheap for a Cy Young candidate

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Due to his July birthday, this takes him to 1 year away from UFA when it expires in case people are wondering.

 

[stevo61]

Just because he signed this doesnt mean he wants to stay.

Getting this out of the way early

 

[Viqsi]

Just because he signed this doesnt mean he wants to stay.

Getting this out of the way early

...and now the conversation will be "See, even Jackets fans know and understand it, deep down, something something denial".

 

[Trash Panda]

I watch so little of the Jackets, that my initial reaction was “who?”

Contract seems to be a sweetheart deal though.

 

[stevo61]

If hes the guy who finds himself with the Gaudreau-Monahan duo he could have himself a real nice sesson. Or even if they bring back the Russian line, there are a couple good positions for him to be in. Think he needs better cardio to not have his ups and downs but the dude can score and we saw some pretty big flashes last year of things we didnt see his rookie year. Can be a solid all around wing with some room to grow still

 

[tunnelvision]

Good job Waddell, now please ship him, Laine, Johnson and unprotected 1st to "Mrl" for Struble, Harris, another super useful C-level prospect and Josh Anderson.

 

[Marioesque]

Good work by D-Wad.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Wow that's another great value contract.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Good job Waddell, now please ship him, Laine, Johnson and unprotected 1st to "Mrl" for Struble, Harris, another super useful C-level prospect and Josh Anderson.

He looked good when played with Michkov in the MHL, and I'm sure Flyers wouldn't mind to get a scoring LW.

 

[hamzarocks]

Good player

The Jackets have 3 23/24 year olds who are all promising players as secondary depth scorers after core young players in Fantilli, Lindstrom, Kent Johnson & maybe Sillinger

They need to have their established guys live up to their deals

Werenski, Severson, Gaudreau, Monahan, Laine and Gudbranson are guys who will need to be great next year for CBJ to exit their rebuild and make the playoffs

 

[stevo61]

Good player

The Jackets have 3 23/24 year olds who are all promising players as secondary depth scorers after core young players in Fantilli, Lindstrom, Kent Johnson & maybe Sillinger

They need to have their established guys live up to their deals

Werenski, Severson, Gaudreau, Monahan, Laine and Gudbranson are guys who will need to be great next year for CBJ to exit their rebuild and make the playoffs

Well Werenski has been great atleast. Gudbranson was actually weirdly good last year too, probably because of the boring system. Still dont realistically predict playoffs this year but we need to see some real growth or could be some fireworks next offseason as Waddell has 0 emotional attachment to these guys

 

[tunnelvision]

He looked good when played with Michkov in the MHL, and I'm sure Flyers wouldn't mind to get a scoring LW.

Yeah I also heard he's good friends with Zamula... a trade to Flyers or "MNR" is only a matter of time.

In all seriousness, will be interesting to see how the deal ages. I would have been okay even with 8 years for Marchenko if the AAV was a bit lower than Tippett's 8x6.2M.

 

[EXTRAS]

They've got so many bridge deals. If they succeed it's gonna get real expensive in 3 years.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I watch so little of the Jackets, that my initial reaction was “who?”

Contract seems to be a sweetheart deal though.

They’ve got a whole bunch of randomly generated Russian players that just appeared and always seem to score against the Rangers

 

[Indy18]

They've got so many bridge deals. If they succeed it's gonna get real expensive in 3 years.

This is a problem I would love us to have in 3 years time.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

They've got so many bridge deals. If they succeed it's gonna get real expensive in 3 years.

Gundy and Laines potential retention will be off the books by then.

 

[57special]

Waddell has done some good things so far this summer.

 

[crowi]

Just because he signed this doesnt mean he wants to stay.

Getting this out of the way early

Yeah, what he really wants is to request a trade to MONTREAL CANADIENS.

 

[Mac Attack]

They've got so many bridge deals. If they succeed it's gonna get real expensive in 3 years.

There is something to be said about playing for your next contract. I feel like the CBJ guys should be incentivized