Confirmed Signing with Link: [DET] Darren Helm (5 years, $3.850M AAV)

[Novacane]

Nice

 

[Canadian Canuck]

So glad Benning didn't win the sweepstakes..

 

[KPower]

Great job replacing Datsyuk.

Wings are headed to the basement.

 

[Jkalapeno]

Is the draft lottery gonna be on April 30th again?

 

[XO]

Glad he's staying but that's too much money.

 

[TNT87]

Overpaid by a lot.

 

[CB Joe]

Seems like a bit too much term and too much money for Helm.

 

[grewalwings]

Overpaid by a lot.

I don't feel that he is over paid by "a lot" he plays good pk minutes, is one of the fastest skaters in the game and is a game changer. I would've been fine with 3.5 at 3 years, I just feel those last 2 years will be hell for him. He'll probably get time with Z to add some speed to the line and he is able to play lw,rw, and C which is a + for when we deal with injuries. I assume Kenny doesn't feel comfortable with giving AA big minutes yet, otherwise Helm would've been gone for sure. Or maybe he is seriously interested in giving up Tatar for a dman and kept Helm so he can fill out one of those possible openings. Helm is a good player, only problem I really have with this is the term.

 

[JPE123]

3.5 at 3 yrs would have been fine. Love the player, hate the deal

 

[thepoeticgoblin]

$3.85M AAV. Wowzers.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

I said Beleskey was the comparable he was going to use. Guess I wasn't far off

 

[Classicnamesup]

Awful price, awful term. Holland has run this team into the ground

 

[Wanderson]

The contracts are way to long nowadays

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

This is why we have work stoppages.

It's actually almost entirely because we have a cap

 

[pocketrockets]

His highest point total in his career was 33 points

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Could be worse, at least you didn't give Timofey Mozgov 16 million a year.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Another rule: don't give forwards who never topped 33 points and are about to turn 30 $19 million.

Who also has had significant injury issues.

 

[KPower]

Overpaid by about 3$million per season.

 

[Jkalapeno]

Does he get a NMC?

 

[Zirakzigil]

Price is a little steep for him.

 

[PSGJ]

Abdelkader, Ericsson and now Helm. That's quite a collection of complimentary players that got both too much money and too much term from Holland. Franzéns contract is also bad, but he was at least briefly worth the money.

Starting to feel a lot like Calgary in the last years before the Iginla trade.

 

[kerjuxaxaxa]

Does he get a NMC?

It doesn't matter, the contract is untradeable anyway.

 

[Gilhuleh]

Abdelkader, Ericsson and now Helm. That's quite a collection of complimentary players that got both too much money and too much term from Holland. Franzéns contract is also bad, but he was at least briefly worth the money.

Starting to feel a lot like Calgary in the last years before the Iginla trade.

Don't forget Howard.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Oh Ken Holland, your loyalty to players is legendary and sickening at the same time.

This is another Holland panic move.

 

[drw02]

I hate this contract. Didn't want Helm back. He's a 4th line player who thinks he deserves top 6 minutes.