Confirmed with Link: Ducks extend Frank Vatrano (3 years, $4.57M AAV + deferred salary

[NWWisconsinDuck]

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[NWWisconsinDuck]

 

[ADHB]

 

[DaGeneral]

Wow someone beat MMC. Awesome to see creativity with the taxes

 

[dracom]

huh...that's certainly an interesting way to get that contract done.

 

[ScarTroy]

Love him as a player and when he’s relied upon less when our kids progress more he’s going to be amazing depth. Really interesting way to make the contract work too, hopefully that can catch on and we can start attracting more FA’s

 

[NWWisconsinDuck]

Props to Verbeek on this one. Really creative and good deal. Cap hit of 4.5ish for Vatrano is a no brainer

 

[Static]

Wow, I love the creativity! Awesome price for frank, glad we are retaining goal scoring talent.

I know MLB is making this contract structure popular, is it the first of its kind in the NHL?

 

[George Binks]

Is MMC ok?

 

[MMC]

 

[MMC]

Is MMC ok?

No

 

[MMC]

Wow, I love the creativity! Awesome price for frank, glad we are retaining goal scoring talent.

I know MLB is making this contract structure popular, is it the first of its kind in the NHL?

Seth Jarvis in the offseason

 

[lwvs84]

How does that work for cap hit? Is it 6 mil hit for 3 years or does he count during the deferred years?

 

[dracom]

i've given Verbeek crap a lot, but props to him for this deal. hope we can do more of this to help attract FAs or to help keep our guys from wanting to go to bigger markets

 

[Vipers31]

Yeah, a limited term at $4.5 for Frank would have been a sweetheart deal, and since the rest of the money isn't ours/impacting our cap, this is more than fine.

Going to be interesting to see at what point the league steps in with these deferred payment deals, if somebody gets a little too bold before the next CBA comes up, but I don't think this will be it.

 

[Rasp]

So we take a salary cap hit of 900k for 2035-2044 after he has finished playing?

 

[MMC]

How does that work for cap hit? Is it 6 mil hit for 3 years or does he count during the deferred years?

4.57M hit, no cap hit during the deferred years

 

[Ducks DVM]

Excellent deal for us

 

[MMC]

So we take a salary cap hit of 900k for 2035-2044 after he has finished playing?

No

 

[Static]

So we take a salary cap hit of 900k for 2035-2044 after he has finished playing?

No, because he will be retired. If he signed this deal after age 35, then yes.

 

[ScarTroy]

No, because he will be retired. If he signed this deal after age 35, then yes.

What if he decides to play after the 3 years? Or does this just signal he’s got 3 left in the tank then he’s done?

 

[Ducks DVM]

What if he decides to play after the 3 years? Or does this just signal he’s got 3 left in the tank then he’s done?

Then he signs another contract but still gets this money.

 

[DaGeneral]

What if he decides to play after the 3 years? Or does this just signal he’s got 3 left in the tank then he’s done?

He just needs to be out of California by 2035

 

[Rasp]

Wow thats a great deal. He gets his $18m with less of a tax hit and we get only a $4.57m cap hit for 3 years

 

[Static]

What if he decides to play after the 3 years? Or does this just signal he’s got 3 left in the tank then he’s done?

It would only matter if he somehow played during the deferment years, I believe. So, 10 years from now.