Confirmed Signing with Link: [FLA] F Carter Verhaeghe signs extension with the Panthers (8 years, $7M AAV)

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

$7M for Verhaege? This guy probably gets double digits on the open market with his playoff track record. Holy shit.

They need to implement some form of income tax penalty like yesterday.

 

[FinlandPanther]

$7M for Verhaege? This guy probably gets double digits on the open market with his playoff track record. Holy shit.

They need to implement some form of income tax penalty like yesterday.

No they don’t. I love all the whining now over Florida. It’s so great.

 

[Laus723]

Why is it so hard for panthers fans to admit that they have a huge advantage because of taxes? How convenient is it that Yzerman went from instantly being a top GM in Tampa to a terrible GM in Detroit?

The criteria to sign players to cheap contracts appears to be:

1 - have low taxes
2 - be a good team

Every single team can potentially meet the 2nd criteria and be a good team if they are managed properly.

But there are only a few teams that will meet the first criteria because they have no control over taxes.

The panthers were a terrible hockey team for years and now they can finally benefit from their low taxes because they have a great team.

But their fans pretend that Zito is an amazing GM that can convince his players to sign for less without factoring tax.

Lmao, wtf are you talking about? How many years in our team's history has this been beneficial to us? When have we been close to being an elite team before Zito came in? Did he not overturn the roster? Did he not find guys who work well together, who will play the way they need to in order to stay competitive, meaning they fully buy in, and be able to talk them into doing what it takes to mostly stay together??

We lost Lomberg, Gudas, Montour, Stenlund, Stolarz, and others over the yeas because they couldn't fit under the cap, had to buy out Yandle, move Matheson and Stralman which cost us picks and prospects.

All of the guys that're signed could've gotten more on the open market, they bought into the Panthers, ownership, South Florida, the Cup, and having the best GM in the game.


Pretend Zito is an amazing GM, he f***ing is. Which of our previous GMs did anything close to the above with the "tax advantage?" No one. It starts with amazing ownership after a decade plus of dogshit, them allowing Zito the ability to do what he has to do, and trusting him to do it. The only one pretending is you and the others who cry about it because their GMs overpay out their asses. Yeah, the tax benefit is a tool, same as everything else with the Panthers and other teams, but you have to know how to use it and who to use it on.

 

[Skeletorrr]

Why is it so hard for panthers fans to admit that they have a huge advantage because of taxes? How convenient is it that Yzerman went from instantly being a top GM in Tampa to a terrible GM in Detroit?

The criteria to sign players to cheap contracts appears to be:

1 - have low taxes
2 - be a good team

Every single team can potentially meet the 2nd criteria and be a good team if they are managed properly.

But there are only a few teams that will meet the first criteria because they have no control over taxes.

The panthers were a terrible hockey team for years and now they can finally benefit from their low taxes because they have a great team.

But their fans pretend that Zito is an amazing GM that can convince his players to sign for less without factoring tax.

I don't remember anyone bitching about the tax advantage when we had to overpay free agents to get them signed because we sucked. Good example of that is Bobrovski's contract.