Confirmed Signing with Link: [DAL] D Esa Lindell signs extension with the Stars (5 years, $5.25M AAV)
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CBA literally dictates that 5% is the max allowable raise, unless the league and PA agree to more.
Max per player is 20%.
The problem is you give every team an extra $15M in cap space and it makes that year's UFA bidding absurd. Then you get to the next UFA year and they only get $3M more in cap, but every free agent wants the same deals last years UFAs got. It would be chaos to inflate the cap that quickly and then slam a lid on it.
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Seems about right. Guys like Chiarot and Zadorov got almost as much, so he probably could have a gotten a bit more in free agency, but it’s not really worth the gamble
serp
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Funny thing is fancy graphs guys like Esa now too . Ever since Klingberg left Esas fancy graphs numbers massively improved.
biturbo19
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That's not bad. I'd say Lindell is a solid Top-3D who should at least continue to be a solid Top-4D through at least half of this contract, if not more. Not a dynamic catalyst, but having a steady complementary partner to pair up with whoever, isn't a bad thing to have. Not at $5.25M. That's pretty baseline "value" for that sort of player these days.
redbeardtx
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If you think this is a bad deal, you have no idea what the f*** you're talking about.
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This seems like a good signing that the fans who watch him most seem to be pretty good with; a top four known commodity that is not too old signing for just over five million. Seems like market value to me.
I read an interesting article in the Athletic today that highlighted Dallas having some cap decisions and gymnastics to do in a couple of years. They called out Lindell as a player they would want to keep at a good number. Rising cap and all that might make this a good signing if he doesn't get old and less effective for too many years at the end of it. He is 31 when this deal kicks in.
They specifically called out the cost of getting Johnson, Hartley and Oettinger on their next deals. These guys that may all warrant big dollars and that's a nice problem to have but some big names are on bridges that will end or UFA.
How do Stars fans feel this fits into near to mid term salary cap structure?
I read an interesting article in the Athletic today that highlighted Dallas having some cap decisions and gymnastics to do in a couple of years. They called out Lindell as a player they would want to keep at a good number. Rising cap and all that might make this a good signing if he doesn't get old and less effective for too many years at the end of it. He is 31 when this deal kicks in.
They specifically called out the cost of getting Johnson, Hartley and Oettinger on their next deals. These guys that may all warrant big dollars and that's a nice problem to have but some big names are on bridges that will end or UFA.
How do Stars fans feel this fits into near to mid term salary cap structure?
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Agree. Stars will get 3 solid seasons from him and then his lower salary in the last two (cap hit same) will make him a more attractive trade asset.
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CanadienShark
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Am I the only one thinking that this is a solid deal? Not a discount, but not crippling in term or cap.
Every Stars fan on this board like this deal.
Just some non-Stars fans that have an issue with it for some reason.
Fair/ maybe Slight overpayment. What we are seeing here is that players in these low tax states are finally taking a stand and saying it’s us who get the tax benefit, not the team. The cap hit needs to be comparable to the others around the league.
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Why are you saying by the time this deal kicks in the cap will be 88? Isn't it already 88?
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I think it's a good deal! Not a discount, but he's worth it for sure.Every Stars fan on this board like this deal.
My gut instinct was that this is a good deal.
Lindell has been a top-4 defenseman on a contending team for five years straight and he's only 30.
For illustration, please compare this to the 8 x $7m Vlasic deal signed in 2018. That's a bad contract.
Lindell has been a top-4 defenseman on a contending team for five years straight and he's only 30.
For illustration, please compare this to the 8 x $7m Vlasic deal signed in 2018. That's a bad contract.
oconnor9sean
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Yeah that was my bad. I quick google searched a cap article and got my years mistaken
redbeardtx
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Yeah but his fGp/60π*A-Y% stats from Twitter are below average and I've never seen him play, so HE SUCKS ASSEvery Stars fan on this board like this deal.
