LeBrun: Juuse Saros to sign 8 year extension worth 7.74 M AAV

[TruePowerSlave]

Yeah wouldn't be that confident in a 8 year goalie contract

 

[Predsanddead24]

One meh year and people are against this deal?
.917% regular season save % even after this down year and .911% in the playoffs.
He has never had a under .914% season in the NHL before this year.

Goalies age like wine usually, just ask Rinne & Bob or many others.

It’s a bit ridiculous bold never and then follow it up by saying except for the most recent season.

 

[JKG33]

Rocket surgery...? Don't you mean science...rocket science..

Lmao that's the joke

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

One meh year and people are against this deal?
.917% regular season save % even after this down year and .911% in the playoffs.
He has never had a under .914% season in the NHL before this year.

Goalies age like wine usually, just ask Rinne & Bob or many others.

In better circumstances, this is a tremendous deal for Nashville but when you consider they have a former 11th overall pick they spent on the position + they're absurdly lacking up front you then realize how bad this deal is (the AAV is actually terrific tbf). With or without Saros, they're a middling team.

 

[GigaChad]

In better circumstances, this is a tremendous deal for Nashville but when you consider they have a former 11th overall pick they spent on the position + they're absurdly lacking up front you then realize how bad this deal is (the AAV is actually terrific tbf). With or without Saros, they're a middling team.

I see this as a similiar situation as it was with Rinne & Saros.
Saros was drafted 2013 and got the starting duty 2020.
Askarov's gonna backup Saros and once Saros gets on his final years of the contract, he'll be the backup for Askarov. Or they play 1A & 1B.
Worked pretty well in the past, so why wouldn't it now?

 

[Armourboy]

In better circumstances, this is a tremendous deal for Nashville but when you consider they have a former 11th overall pick they spent on the position + they're absurdly lacking up front you then realize how bad this deal is (the AAV is actually terrific tbf). With or without Saros, they're a middling team.

Exactly, Saros or not we are still a bubble team. The only way this makes sense is if Trotz unloads picks and prospects and grabs everything he can to try and win now.

Saros is not Rinne, I have zero confidence he will age anywhere nearly as well as Rinne did.

 

[Soundgarden]

Who's the last great player Nashville even drafted? Kevin Fiala 10 years ago?

Well since we drafted Fiala, we drafted Trenin, Novak, Richard, Carrier and Vejmelka in the same draft without a 1st, Fabbro and Girard back to back, Tolvanen, Stastny in the 5th, Parssinen in the 7th, and Evangelista in the 2nd. So yes, we're good at drafting.

One meh year and people are against this deal?
.917% regular season save % even after this down year and .911% in the playoffs.
He has never had a under .914% season in the NHL before this year.

Goalies age like wine usually, just ask Rinne & Bob or many others.

The people here have the memory and attention span of a moth, he was 4th, 3rd and 6th in Vezina voting the last three years.

Even in this down year he was still 1st in the league in shots against and saves. When Nashville fix their defense I'm sure he'll rebound.

Too many years ?

Askarov for a late 1st?

Why are we trading our best prospect for random dog shit again?

 

[Armourboy]

I see this as a similiar situation as it was with Rinne & Saros.
Saros was drafted 2013 and got the starting duty 2020.
Askarov's gonna backup Saros and once Saros gets on his final years of the contract, he'll be the backup for Askarov. Or they play 1A & 1B.
Worked pretty well in the past, so why wouldn't it now?

The difference is Rinne's 7 year deal ended just as Saros made the move to take over the starting job. From there we signed Rinne to 1 and 2 year deals at a lower AAV. Saros will be half way through his deal roughly when Askarov should be ready to take over. If Askarov isn't ready by then he is a bust and we have bigger issues because we have squat else in the pipeline goalie wise.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Askarov for a late 1st?

Too early to be drinking

 

[Vitto79]

Well since we drafted Fiala, we drafted Trenin, Novak, Richard, Carrier and Vejmelka in the same draft without a 1st, Fabbro and Girard back to back, Tolvanen, Stastny in the 5th, Parssinen in the 7th, and Evangelista in the 2nd. So yes, we're good at drafting.

The people here have the memory and attention span of a moth, he was 4th, 3rd and 6th in Vezina voting the last three years.

Even in this down year he was still 1st in the league in shots against and saves. When Nashville fix their defense I'm sure he'll rebound.

Why are we trading our best prospect for random dog shit again?

Too early to be drinking

Wanna bet it’s both not too early to drink and he’s gone for that type of return ?

Markstrom and Ullmark got that be happy lol

Askarov is blocked unless they say here is the back up job

 

[Soundgarden]

Wanna bet it’s both not too early to drink and he’s gone for that type of return ?

Markstrom and Ullmark got that be happy lol

Askarov is blocked unless they say here is the back up job

Askarov isn't ready for the back up spot so looks like he's blocked. Sorry, no shitty deals for Askarov.

 

[beardawg]

*team with a 50 goal scorer and top 3 defenseman resigns a top 5 goalie to a team-friendly AAV*

Fans of same team: HOW DARE THEY TRY TO STAY COMPETITIVE! RAMBLE RAMBLE!

 

[ViD]

So you must have hated Bob’s contract back in the day..

But somehow I get a feeling you’ll answer differently

A top 3/5 goalie in the game for 7.5/7.7 is damm cheap today, Bob signed a 10Mx7 contract when the cap was way lower

Of course I did not like Bob’s contract. $10m for a goalie in 2019 was questionable to say the least

 

[Djp]

How so? Elite goalie in his prime. It's a million less per year than Helleybuck, sounds about right.

I would never go above 5 yrs on a goalie when thy are approaching 30

was this when he was say 25 id be fine with.

even with skaters, i loathe giving 7+ contracts to those in their UFA yrs/late 20s. The only exception would be the true ticket driving stars like Crosby, McDavid

players fall of a cliff when they hit their early to mid 30s. For every Crosby their are 50+other players who dont meet their contract $$. Sure you have Thortons and Perrys who stay around on low contracts so the ROI is worth it.

Of course I did not like Bob’s contract. $10m for a goalie in 2019 was questionable to say the least

even today, 9M+ on a goalie is too much. It will hurt you somewhere else. It forces you to pass on the better experiences veterans who might ask for 3.5M and instead use vets getting $1M

 

[beardawg]

I would never go above 5 yrs on a goalie when thy are approaching 30

was this when he was say 25 id be fine with.

even with skaters, i loathe giving 7+ contracts to those in their UFA yrs/late 20s. The only exception would be the true ticket driving stars like Crosby, McDavid

players fall of a cliff when they hit their early to mid 30s. For every Crosby their are 50+other players who dont meet their contract $$. Sure you have Thortons and Perrys who stay around on low contracts so the ROI is worth it.


even today, 9M+ on a goalie is too much. It will hurt you somewhere else. It forces you to pass on the better experiences veterans who might ask for 3.5M and instead use vets getting $1M

Good goalies seem to age a bit better than skaters at least

 

[Dr Amazing]

GG Nashville

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I see this as a similiar situation as it was with Rinne & Saros.
Saros was drafted 2013 and got the starting duty 2020.
Askarov's gonna backup Saros and once Saros gets on his final years of the contract, he'll be the backup for Askarov. Or they play 1A & 1B.
Worked pretty well in the past, so why wouldn't it now?

Are we just going to ignore that Saros was a FOURTH round pick and not the 11th OVERALL pick, there's a massive difference. Come on, lmao. Anything a fourth round pick does is gravy, you don't overcook your 11th overall pick in the minors. Literally what was the point of drafting him if it takes 5-7 years for any NHL impact? Nashville would've been better off trading the pick then

Exactly, Saros or not we are still a bubble team. The only way this makes sense is if Trotz unloads picks and prospects and grabs everything he can to try and win now.

Saros is not Rinne, I have zero confidence he will age anywhere nearly as well as Rinne did.

I'm just glad I have Predators fans agreeing with me, most of this thread has been looney tunes with people saying you just bridge to Askarov as if he wasn't a massive cost for Nashville anyway and as if Saros wasn't their best trade piece to get better in the top 6. I mentioned Gustav Nyquist's 70+ point year and how unlikely it was to repeat but of course it fell on deaf ears on this website

 

[Dog]

Askarov getting traded either this year or next

 

[KingDeathMetal]

Wonder if this contract winds up capping Shesterkin at under 10AAV, depending on term.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Wonder if this contract winds up capping Shesterkin at under 10AAV, depending on term.

Swayman and Shesterkin contracts will be very interesting, also pretty sure Friedman said that Saros took less to stay in Nashville while we've heard the opposite with the NYR talks

 

[RogerRoger]

Swayman and Shesterkin contracts will be very interesting, also pretty sure Friedman said that Saros took less to stay in Nashville while we've heard the opposite with the NYR talks

And Ullmark

 

[vipera1960]

The interesting part to this is that his no-move clause will likely not kick in until next season, meaning they could still trade him within the year.

Unlikely. When an extension comes with a NMC the clause can be made retroactive into the previous contract, and almost always is.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

good deal , great goalie , terms a bit long but the aav is decent

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Wanna bet it’s both not too early to drink and he’s gone for that type of return ?

Markstrom and Ullmark got that be happy lol

Askarov is blocked unless they say here is the back up job

Blocked? He's still in the AHL. He's not even a backup yet.

Come on...He was the 11th pick just a couple years ago and is one of the top goalie prospects in the league. He's not going for nothing but a late 1st, lol.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

32 thoughts they mentioned that Saros just went "get it done" as he wanted to stay in Nashville.

Friedman seemed to think Saros would get more in the 8-8.5 range.