Ducks extend Frank Vatrano (3 years, $4.57M AAV) - includes deferred salary

[Rooch]

This deal only makes sense if we're going to bring in more high-priced players. Perhaps a big contract for Trouba?

 

[Arthuros]

How does the $900k per year for 10 years, starting in '35, affect the cap? Explain it to me like I'm @Arthuros.

 

[Static]

We have to spend a good amount of money in the offseason to just make it to the floor.

 

[All Mighty]

Screw it, offer Rantanen a contract with an $8M AAV and deferred money in Broadcom stock.

 

[forever1922]

Offering someone like Rantanen 8M isn't going to be enough. You still have to make a competitive offer.

Deferred salary will only work as a small incentive and levels the playing field with low tax states. Time still equals money and you lose time when you defer salary. And it only works if the player plans to move.

Just like no one was offering Vatrano that extra 9M today, the Ducks doing it this way also didn't, as essentially deferred money is not equal to money.

 

[190Octane]

Interesting take

I don’t think it says anything of the sort. What it says is that they didn’t want to pay $5m a year now to offset the 12% tax and he agreed to take some of that money later to stay here at market value.

My understanding of how this works is the money is still paid out and set aside in an escrow account.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

We have to spend a good amount of money in the offseason to just make it to the floor.

Dostal and Mac need new contracts. Dostal is probably gonna get a hefty raise. Then we also need to sign some forwards.

 

[MMC]

 

[All Mighty]

Offering someone like Rantanen 8M isn't going to be enough. You still have to make a competitive offer.

Deferred salary will only work as a small incentive and levels the playing field with low tax states. Time still equals money and you lose time when you defer salary. And it only works if the player plans to move.

Just like no one was offering Vatrano that extra 9M today, the Ducks doing it this way also didn't, as essentially deferred money is not equal to money.

I was pretty clearly kidding. I wouldn’t be surprised if we throw some crazy contract at him, though.

 

[Static]

Dostal and Mac need new contracts. Dostal is probably gonna get a hefty raise. Then we also need to sign some forwards.

The franchise has historically been incredibly stiff on RFA deals, especially those without arbitration.

 

[Kalv]

Wow, really good news, I love that Frank is staying and love the Ducks intentions, that this kind of a deal signals.

 

[Ducksforcup]

Love the deal and the tonal shift this implies. All onboard.

 

[Static]

 

[Terry Yake]

hopefully this means that the samuelis are finally ready to put more money into the team and do what it takes to make them contenders again

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Really glad he got re-signed. He's a type of player and character you need on a rebuilding team, much better than exchanging him for some BS picks and never-gonna-see-NHL prospects.

 

[MMC]

cringe

 

[TheDarkWingThatDucks]

 

[gilfaizon]

cringe

Like what is this man even trying to say here? Just an unnecessary opinion that Vatrano is a 3rd liner i guess?

 

[robbieboy3686]

Like what is this man even trying to say here? Just an unnecessary opinion that Vatrano is a 3rd liner i guess?

He’s definitely not saying congrats to vatrano, or that this means we aren’t sellers anymore and that is a positive. Hes definitely not giving props to verbeek for the structure of the deal. Hes definitely not saying that he was wrong about it being certain that vatrano should/would be traded.

 

[JAHV]

I like it. I enjoy watching Frank play for the Ducks.

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

cringe

I like how this board, divided into two distinct factions on everything, takes time to briefly unite so it can dunk on Rudolph and Sicard.

 

[HanSolo]

I mean when the Ducks hit their contending window, assuming he doesn't return to last year's form, you'd hope that we have the depth to have Frank on the third line for depth scoring.

 

[robbieboy3686]

I mean when the Ducks hit their contending window, assuming he doesn't return to last year's form, you'd hope that we have the depth to have Frank on the third line for depth scoring.

Love me some Frankie on our 3rd line going forward

 

[GermanRocket7]

Who is Jake Rudolph and why did his mother let him fall onto the floor head-first as a child? Multiple times?

 

[ScarTroy]

Who is Jake Rudolph and why did his mother let him fall onto the floor head-first as a child? Multiple times?

So unfortunate that they run the most consistent Ducks podcast. Their takes suck ass, but at least it’s a weekly listen rather than the others who post like once a month.