Confirmed Signing with Link: [CGY] Troy Brouwer (4 years, $4.500M AAV)

[Hockeygod66]

Horrendous. Brouwer sucks.

This. I'd rather overpay for someone good than sign this deal.

 

[iFan]

I like what the Flames have been doing, they built a solid team there, got it all, D, scoring, size, skill, grit, toughness. Flames are in a good spot.

 

[koeltrain]

Term is fine, but that's too much money for Troy Brouwer. Calgary better get their powerplay together, or else he's not scoring much at all.

This!

Having said that, he should help net front presence on the PP.

 

[Calgareee]

This!

Having said that, he should help net front presence and should help.

Our PP was pretty much league worst for a good chunk of the year. Turned it around when Wideman got suspended though. Went to an umbrella setup and Hamilton playing at the to. Improved significantly and think Brouwer will help.

 

[Slush]

I don't mind this deal as a Flames fan. He brings size, grit and some offense. The contract could have been cheaper but besides that this is a decent deal for the Flames.

 

[TheNumber4]

Troy Brouwer will be 34 at the end of this contract. Lucic will be 34 at the end of his contract, yet Lucic's term gets **** on and Brouwers term is A-okay?

 

[Snatcher Demko]

One of the better ones, definitely.

Brouwer's risk is that he might have only 2-3 good years left in that if he slows down much more, he'd be a liability. But with the relatively low cap hit and term, a buyout shouldn't be too big of a problem for the Flames.

Solid player, good leader, and good cap hit though.

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

Underrated player. A little too much but compared to other signings not bad at all for FA.

 

[koeltrain]

Our PP was pretty much league worst for a good chunk of the year. Turned it around when Wideman got suspended though. Went to an umbrella setup and Hamilton playing at the to. Improved significantly and think Brouwer will help.

I said he would help...twice even before my edit for clarity

 

[koeltrain]

Troy Brouwer will be 34 at the end of this contract. Lucic will be 34 at the end of his contract, yet Lucic's term gets **** on and Brouwers term is A-okay?

Take it as a compliment

Now Backes to 37 defended by TSN is the real head scratcher. They were wary of anyone over 30 before that comment. Some teams get the benefit of the doubt and the Oilers haven't earned that yet.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Brouwer is awful. Last year's postseason was a mirage.

 

[Sonofamitch]

Reasonable deal for a good veteran winger. Addresses a need for the flames, they got a ton of youth on their team they really could use a veteran forward influence.

 

[Hivemind]

Troy Brouwer will be 34 at the end of this contract. Lucic will be 34 at the end of his contract, yet Lucic's term gets **** on and Brouwers term is A-okay?

While ending age is an important factor in term, it's far from the only one. Should a player **** the bed (relatively to their cap hit), it's a lot easier to move them when they only have one or two years left. A shorter term means you have to ride that out for less time. And in worst case scenarios, shorter term makes buyouts much more viable.

 

[Remember2004]

I'd would rather pay the extra 1.5 a year for Lucic OR Eriksson...

EDIT: Or even another 1mil for Ladd... Yes their terms were longer but Ladd is tough to play against too.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Ugh, that's a lot of money. Like a million too much, most likely. This might actually be the worst contract of free agency so far. At least the other overpays are for guys who are clear top 6, if not top line, players.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

They paid too much, nature of free agency I suppose :/

 

[ponder]

Troy is a pretty good 2nd line winger, or top notch 3rd line winger, and $4.5 mil over 4 years is an acceptable price for what he brings. Fills a need for the Flames, who have mostly small wingers, and could use a guy like Troy who brings size with decent grit and 2-way play. Apparently a really good guy off the ice too, should be a good locker room presence for their young team.

Many of the deals today have been big money for 6-7 years, given to guys already on the decline. They're deals that will help teams significantly for a few years, then likely turn into massive albatross contracts. This deal, in contrast, won't have as much immediate impact as signing someone like Lucic/Okposo/Eriksson, but it should be a solid deal for the full term, I don't see it turning into a bad contract like the others.

 

[Deen]

He is going to improve their penalty kill, which ranked last in the league last year.

 

[madmike77]

I like Brouwer on the Flames. 4.5 is a little bit of a rocky price

Yeah I don't love the salary. But compared to some of the other crazy deals going down today it's not that bad really.

 

[ZeHockeyFan]

Not a bad deal, per se. His playoff performance boosted his market value and someone was going to pay this kind of money. Looks like the Pacific is really loading up compared to the Central this time around.

 

[Yarborough]

He seems pretty excited to play in Calgary so that's good.

 

[Orca Whalers]

Brouwer is a 2.5-3 Million player. Not a good deal for Calgary, overpaid wow

 

[ClydeLee]

Well he had his first good postseason really and he follows it up going back to the types of teams he never was good in the postseason on, more skill talent collections.

 

[oStealthKiller*]

Calgary's very own pouliot!

 

[SmellOfVictory]

He seems pretty excited to play in Calgary so that's good.

If he was so excited to play in Calgary, maybe he shouldn't have bent the Flames over in contract negotiations.