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Player Discussion Jake Evans (Part II)

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Goalfield13 said:
Evans was never about the points. It's such a lazy argument.
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When it comes to term and big bucks, it had better be about the points. This is a decent player that lacks physicality and grit - is 28 years old already, and certainly not worth locking up until he turns 33 or 34.

I wouldn't sign him to a day over two years or a penny more than $3M (per year).
 
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Habs13 said:
When it comes to term and big bucks, it had better be about the points. This is a decent player that lacks physicality and grit - is 28 years old already, and certainly not worth locking up until he turns 33 or 34.

I wouldn't sign him to a day over two years or a penny more than $3M (per year).
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His term is a year long and the money is perfectly adequate for a guy that shoulders so much defensive responsibilities. Without him, Suzuki would be so worn down. There's more to hockey than points. We need him with so many young Cs coming up, and he would get his money and term easily on the open market. You lose him, and you will be lamenting the black hole we will have at the C position for many years to come.
 
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Goalfield13 said:
His term is a year long and the money is perfectly adequate for a guy that shoulders so much defensive responsibilities. Without him, Suzuki would be so worn down. There's more to hockey than points. We need him with so many young Cs coming up, and he would get his money and term easily on the open market. You lose him, and you will be lamenting the black hole we will have at the C position for many years to come.
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Evans brings nothing Beck can't handle.
 
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Evans is probably one of the toughest decisions Hugo have to make since they are here.

In one side, we have no one who can replace him in the short term and we already know he fits well in the system and in the lockeroom

In the other side, it’s probably time to cash in he best season and year 4-5 could be risky all though 4 m in 4-5 will probably be what 2m
Is worth today and he won’t be a problem to move.
 
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Goalfield13 said:
His term is a year long and the money is perfectly adequate for a guy that shoulders so much defensive responsibilities. Without him, Suzuki would be so worn down. There's more to hockey than points. We need him with so many young Cs coming up, and he would get his money and term easily on the open market. You lose him, and you will be lamenting the black hole we will have at the C position for many years to come.
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I suspect if they are still talking it will go pretty close to the deadline unless a team overpays or Evans decides he wants to end the uncertainty and stay.

It's tough because he's been a good, useful player, but then he put up good numbers at the beginning of the year. Evans has cooled off, but he probably still wants to be paid for the stats he put up earlier. It's not that big a deal to overpay a bit, the cap is going up, he's young enough that his game probably won't crater for 3-4 years, and he can play somewhere even if they end up with 9-10 more effective players. It's also not the end of the world if they trade him for a lesser offer. It's unlikely that Evans will ever sustain the production he had to start the year.
 
I think Evans is massively overrated on this board. He has played ONE full season in his career so far, and all this talk about great numbers this season, and they aren't yet even career highs for him. With that said, I do like Evans, but I think a long-term deal is going to be a mistake.
 
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Habs13 said:
I think Evans is massively overrated on this board. He has played ONE full season in his career so far, and all this talk about great numbers this season, and they aren't yet even career highs for him. With that said, I do like Evans, but I think a long-term deal is going to be a mistake.
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Agreed,

Now if I'm Evans, I 100% try to obtain the most money I can now because I'm 28 and just had my best year ever, who knows if will ever be duplicated and I can be injured tomorrow.

I don't accept a sweetheart deal from Montreal just because (unless they are willing to offer me within the ballpark of close to what I am looking for).

From Montreal's perspective, I don't see why you would want to offer this player the money he will command after the season he just had.
 
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River Meadow said:
Agreed,

Now if I'm Evans, I 100% try to obtain the most money I can now because I'm 28 and just had my best year ever, who knows if will ever be duplicated and I can be injured tomorrow.

I don't accept a sweetheart deal from Montreal just because (unless they are willing to offer me within the ballpark of close to what I am looking for).

From Montreal's perspective, I don't see why you would want to offer this player the money he will command after the season he just had.
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His career high is 29 points. He had 28 last year and has 27 so far this year. He's pretty much on par with his annual output. This year isn't a career high in goals or assists yet. Maybe it will. Maybe not. But seeing as he has played just one 82 game season, we should be looking to move him ahead of the deadline.
 
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His career high is 29 points. He had 28 last year and has 27 so far this year. He's pretty much on par with his annual output. This year isn't a career high in goals or assists yet. Maybe it will. Maybe not. But seeing as he has played just one 82 game season, we should be looking to move him ahead of the deadline.
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True, and tbf... and I know this is bad to even think about or say, but.... it is what it is. He might be one bit hit or one big concussion away from being able to play competitively. This is 100% speculation but we know his history with these types of injuries... it's something to at least think about if we have other options on the table, which we do.
 
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OldCraig71 said:
It is reported that contract talks are not going well and we all know what that means. Evans wants a chance to win and he wants to get paid. He gets one of those two desires by signing here and for that reason I think he's gone.
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He doesn't want to re-sign with us because he wants to win ? Trade him to Toronto, they won a Cup not long ago
 
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