Confirmed with Link: (F) Dawson Mercer re-signs with NJD (3 years, $4M AAV)

[Hisch13r]

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[HBK27]

Solid deal - love it!

 

[Ripshot 43]

3 years and 4 million! Now tell me why I should be worried in year 4!!!

 

[Hisch13r]

3 years and 4 million! Now tell me why I should be worried in year 4!!!

He could take the QO and walk to UFA the following year!!

 

[DevilsHughes86]

Alright, hurry up and get to camp now!!!

 

[My3Sons]

He could take the QO and walk to UFA the following year!!

How many guys do that? We hear about that but good players on good teams seem to stick around.

 

[tailfins]

Alright, hurry up and get to camp now!!!

Exactly.

Super happy he's signed - and that's it's a "longer" bridge. I think he's a Killorn, Palat type of player for us (in terms of what he means to the team, not style). Not "core" per se, but a super important piece both on-ice as as for the culture they're building.

 

[MadDevil]

All that sandbagging and he couldn't get the cap hit under $4 million? Fitz needs to go immediately!

 

[Devs3cups]

Awesome deal. Ends when some of the big contracts are off the books. Should be plenty of space for everyone then. Great work!

 

[Hisch13r]

How many guys do that? We hear about that but good players on good teams seem to stick around.

I don’t know if anyone’s done it.

 

[MasterofGrond]

3 for 4 is a good deal for us and lets the team figure out if he’s worth committing to long term.

Might cost the team more on that long term deal but he’s never gonna be a 10M guy so I think you’re at most giving up like 1.5M extra which is probably worth the trade off

 

[Omar Little]

Great deal, lining it up with Palats expiration is perfect

 

[Better Call Sal]

This is a perfect deal for us. I love it. Was no need for worry whatsoever.

We're ready to roll baby!

 

[Sheros expletives]

Poor Mercdawg, sandbagged by the previous coach and forced to play for foodmoney.

 

[JrFischer54]

its a good fair deal. i was hoping for longer because i think he could seriously over perform under a long term deal but either way window is open team has got to start winning no more excuses.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Seems pretty fair all things considered

 

[Wierzbowski426]

Pretty good with this. Now it's time for Mercer to bounce back.

 

[NJDevs26]

So the one day holdout is over lololol

 

[Hisch13r]

3 for 4 is a good deal for us and lets the team figure out if he’s worth committing to long term.

Might cost the team more on that long term deal but he’s never gonna be a 10M guy so I think you’re at most giving up like 1.5M extra which is probably worth the trade off

I feel like coming into the year if he was good it would’ve been a long term deal in the 6s. Unless he completely blows away expectations of his ceiling then yeah I don’t think his next deal at the end of this would be that much higher

 

[Better Call Sal]

its a good fair deal. i was hoping for longer because i think he could seriously over perform under a long term deal but either way window is open team has got to start winning no more excuses.

It's a perfect length deal because it brings him right up to his last RFA year. It pretty much puts us in the perfect position of seeing if Mercer can return to form or not. I have all the faith in the world that he'll turn it around after last year under Keefe because I really like him as a player, but if he can't, this is a very movable contract as well.

This is a really nice deal for us. And I hope Dawson works his ass off and gets a bigger payday off of it.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Where Jim doomer post?

 

[AfroThunder396]

Poverty contract, poor dude is going to have to take out another mortgage just to by instant ramen.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Great deal for NJ.
It allows to carry another minimum contract player, which we kind of need if we don't want MacDermid as the 13th forward.

 

[Ripshot 43]

So the one day holdout is over lololol

OneDayHoldoutMercer has a nice ring to it for anyone looking for a new name

 

[Saugus]

This is a great deal. Mercer has a chance to show management he's worth the big money on his next deal, and the team gets a long bridge for cost control.