Confirmed Signing with Link: [DAL] Jamie Benn (8 years, $9.5M AAV)

[Devils Army]

Seguin should be worth 8 if Benn is 9.5, but that won't happen

I expect Seguin to get a similar deal to Stamkos

 

[FLYLine27*]

WTF, I wanted him. SELFISH DALLAS..SELFISH.

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

Whew. Great to have their best player locked up long term, but holy crap at that AAV. I mean, I guess it's good for a top 5 player in the league, but wow. I wonder what McDavid will command off his ELC.

Yah I bet its over 10 million for sure. Especially if he puts up the monstrous numbers everyone expects.

 

[Zrhutch]

Right now? Yes. What about at 31-35? Stamkos got 8.5M.

We're talking about a difference of 1 million for players of equal caliber. That seems like splitting hairs.

 

[Ducks in a row]

Not bad. 9.5M isn't what I'd call a discount, per se, but it seems below market value as well. Good for both sides.

Cheaper then Toews

Toews and Kopitar contracts are both fine.

Fine compared to? Benn is better then Toews and he makes less. Toews makes the same as Kane and Kane is better.

 

[Capslock17]

That's a bad contract, 9.5M cap hit until he's 35? I don't think he's worth that much. Without Seguin, Benn isn't nearly the player he is... you have to at least pay Seguin 9.5M now.

Do you remember the absolute tear he went on at the end of his art ross winning season? And how Seguin was out for all of that?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Huge.

He's worth every penny.

so at 36 a cap hit of 9.5 is a good thing

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Wowza. Seems fair for both sides to me. By the time this contract starts to look bad they'll have quite possibly won a cup with him as the leader.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Maybe I am in the minority but I really don't think it's that good of a deal.

 

[Warden of the North]

Holy smokes, huge money.

Congrats Stars fans

 

[viper0220]

The Stars have about 3.7 mill in cap space, does this mean -nichushkin is gone?

 

[dogbazinho]

ewww

 

[Kranix]

Has Brylcreem signed him yet?

 

[landy92mack29]

2nd best player in the league and deserves every penny. Great deal for both the team+player

 

[CorgisPer60]

Still crazy to me how deals aren't going into the stratosphere for high level players. Everyone keeps expecting consistent 10 million plus, but we've only got two of those and everyone agrees those are bad contracts.

Kind of hard to elevate the ceiling when the salary cap has been relatively flat the last 4 years. That's usually what bumps up the salaries of players.

 

[jw2]

Oh, ha. That's going to be rough. He's had a few good season, but... well... We'll see. I'm betting on this being a thought pill to swallow sooner than later

 

[ohcomeonref]

It still freaks me out to see people throwing out the words "worth it", "steal", and "deserve" when somebody is being paid 9.5 MILLION dollars a year. I suppose this is the going rate though.

 

[Morry83]

That's a bad contract, 9.5M cap hit until he's 35? I don't think he's worth that much. Without Seguin, Benn isn't nearly the player he is... you have to at least pay Seguin 9.5M now.

This is so incredibly wrong it's not even funny. Dont pretend you know what you're talking about haha.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Fair deal, but I do worry about how he will age in 5+ years, but Dallas has to sign him. Fair deal

 

[CDP]

Good deal.

 

[WhatWhat]

Great contract. One of the best in the league worth every penny

 

[6ix]

so at 36 a cap hit of 9.5 is a good thing

9.5 will be like 7 mill in 8 years. You can't look at it like that.

 

[HansonBro]

First reaction was that that was an insane number.

Then I remembered that he has been one of the best players in the league for a couple of years now. Good deal.

Where were you?

 

[Ainec]

Oh, ha. That's going to be rough. He's had a few good season, but... well... We'll see. I'm betting on this being a thought pill to swallow sooner than later

not understanding these posts

Kopitar is getting more, and he's not a top 3 player in the league as Jamie Benn. And he's older.

If Benn was a UFA I'd want my team to give him 11Mx7

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

It still freaks me out to see people throwing out the words "worth it", "steal", and "deserve" when somebody is being paid 9.5 MILLION dollars a year. I suppose this is the going rate though.

You should take a look at the NBA.