Confirmed with Link: Jake Evans signs extension (4 years, $2.85M AAV)

[EXPOS123]

Good deal but I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t get excited over a 29 year old fourth liner who’s having a career year.

Reminds me of the time people got all giddy with excitement when Armia was re-signed .

I’ll tell you what, if they turned down a first rounder just to keep him i will be furious

 

[HomaridII]

 

[Vachon23]

 

[Sasha Orlov]

That is an incredible deal, wow

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Nice, that contract will be easily tradeable in a couple of years even if Evans decline

 

[The Great Weal]

We don’t know that for a fact, that was from Marinaro, who just said 1hr ago “Evans is gone”

Yet people here were willing to pay that and if not more lol

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Any word from Evans yet?

 

[LaP]

Yeah,

Going into this I felt his FMV was around 3.5M over 4 years and I was dicey at the rumoured 4M or 5yr term.

4 years under 3M? Let’s f***ing go baby!

4M or 5 years term were both absolutely no go and trade for me. That would have been a stupid contract to sign.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Hacketts]

It's too bad he didn't score on that slick move last night, could of got 3.

 

[sheed36]

NHL players liked Hughes way more when he was an agent negotiating contracts for them over him now being a GM negotiating contracts for his team. This guy got Nurse 9.25m for christ sakes.

 

[TomKosto]

Good deal but I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t get excited over a 29 year old fourth liner who’s having a career year.

Reminds me of the time people got all giddy with excitement when Armia was re-signed .

I’ll tell you what, if they turned down a first rounder just to keep him i will be furious

2,85m for our best pker with the cap going up to 100m is great value. It was reported we asked a 2nd for Evans, not a first. We will never know anyway.

 

[vokiel]

On the one hand, ideally, you trade him in a package for a 1st and then you re-sign him in the summer.

But first of all getting the 1st and getting him back in the summer weren't necessarily options.

Second, hard to be sellers when we're 1 point out if a playoff spot and the pkayers have been going through many years of losing. Good to give them a chance to play for the pkayoffs and possibly in the playoffs. Players like Suzuki and in their primes. NHL players now overwhelmingly decline at age 32. It's a short window.

No but even if we only get a 2nd in 2027... You still can resign him July 1st, and he can still keep his condo or whatever. The reasoning behind this signature looks immature. I spent the majority of my college years moving everywhere for internships, I don't get the "I don't want to leave part". It's really brushing me the wrong way like we're dealing with big baby Crosby eh.

 

[Prettyisland]

When it’s all said and done and Evan’s is your 4th line center in the Stanley cup playoffs. You’re in good shape. Big fan of the player

 

[le_sean]

Timmins was better at drafting in the 7th round (Evans, Primeau, RHP) than he was the 2nd round.

 

[River Meadow]

Maybe Kent Hughes ain't so bad after all

 

[First Line]

I actually wanted to get assets for him but AAV less than 3M? Sign me up.

All good with me also, and it means I dont need to watch any of the cringey 7 hour long deadline trade shows

 

[BergevinBurner]

Good deal but I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t get excited over a 29 year old fourth liner who’s having a career year.

Reminds me of the time people got all giddy with excitement when Armia was re-signed .

I’ll tell you what, if they turned down a first rounder just to keep him i will be furious

I'm over the moon for the signing because you need players like Evans to win the cup. Having a strong PK can go a long way in deciding if a team will have a good playoffs or not.

Our PK was a huge part of why we reached the cup finals a few years ago.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

OMG! OMG!! OMG!! THAT'S AMAZING!!



Welcome back, Jake!!

 

[First Line]

If Armia can sign a team friendly deal, I'm willing to do it.

Same AAv as Evans with one year less would be nice

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Now trade Armia.

If for a 4th round I'm not sure it's worth. Habs might make the PO and will need Arm to make it happen.
If for a 2nd round I would say yes.

 

[26Mats]

Good deal but I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t get excited over a 29 year old fourth liner who’s having a career year.

Reminds me of the time people got all giddy with excitement when Armia was re-signed .

I’ll tell you what, if they turned down a first rounder just to keep him i will be furious

Ok, but a few differemces.

1. Jake is a good two way center. Those don't grow on trees. And he's very versatile. He can play anywhere in the lineup in any situation.

2. The cap hit is lower than Armia's, plus the cap is going up. So it will be an even lower percentage of the cap than Armia's cap hit.

Also, Armia's deal hasn't turned out that badly. He may not even be overpaid for what he's brought this year.

 

[sheed36]

If Armia can sign a team friendly deal, I'm willing to do it.

I wouldn't mind having Armia back on a team friendly deal either. Like Evans he's said he really loves playing for the Habs and would also like to stay so we'll see where that goes, if anywhere.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Lol this dude needs to fire his agent.