Seravalli: Klingberg fires his agent - now represented by Newport

[BringTheReign]

Said before free agency started he was in for a rude awakening. Tough spot as he played through most of his prime being underpaid and underappreciated. Now he's not as good and is looking for some backpay and he's not going to get it. Another strike against "team-friendly" contracts.

Yeah, the days of contracts like his or Hubredeau's may be history. I think more agents are going to try to go the Tkachuk route as long as the CBA remains the way it is for ELC length and RFA years.

 

[Hockeyskanks]

He needs to understand that he's just not that good anymore. He can try a one year Deal somewhere but I don't think he's ever going to get that 8-9 million he wants

 

[doublechili]

Wallen obviously made a tactical error when he selected the regular toaster oven off the wedding registry, rather than the deluxe model with the air fryer feature.

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Sorry, oldest poll I could find on the poll forum was 2017, is there a way to go older? 2014-2016 was the height of Klingberg-mania.

2014-2016 was also prime Karlsson years, so I highly doubt anyone was saying Klingberg was better then either.

 

[Hasbro]

 

[jmelm]

I hope Klingberg got himself Kapanen's agent. He just might get him $14 million/year on his next contract.

 

[Vukotal Recall]

Klingberg is awesome. HF has always had an irrational hate-on for highly mobile defensemen who can score, who are automatically are perceived as defensively suspect, all evidence to the contrary be damned. Ironically, the only exception to this is Makar... who actually is (somewhat) defensively suspect.

 

[vanarchy]

Always odd to me when random posters think they know what a player is asking for based on... nothing.

 

[Chief Leaf]

John Klindberg was looking at a 7 year deal close to $6M per season when the UFA market open. He’s now changing agent according to
@frank_seravalli

 

[Petes2424]

Klingberg obviously believes he’s been given bad advice and his secondary options have likely dried up. At least money wise/term wise.

Whether he was told to hold tight, a certain team was going to clear cap space, etc, who knows. He likely went back to his agent and said take one of those secondary choices and that same deal isn’t there anymore. At least not the deal being offered before.

He will still find a deal, but he likely left millions on the table this UFA season.

 

[CanadienShark]

Newport eh? Klingberg better be ready to sign a $15m deal.

 

[Flair Hay]

Offensive dmen that are weak defensively are the most overpaid guys in the game.

It took the GMs running out of Monopoly money to actually make the cut backs on long term deals they should be making anyway.

Klingberg is a $3-4M dman. Another Tyson Barrie. Every team that has him wants to ditch him.

 

[Breakers]

almost as dumb as that guy Dennis Schroder's agent in the NBA when his agent told him to turn down $100 mill and 2 months later he was forced to sign a 1 year deal for $3 mill


bad agents really show out.

 

[brentashton]

Oh man, that's a big hit to the agent. You gotta wonder how many guys out there are angry about the offers right now.

Yep at 3-5% that’s a bunch of overhead that ain’t getting covered. Even a lower end contract of 60 million at 3%, is 1.8 million, poof! I hope he enjoyed the wedding.

I wonder if Kadri's agent is getting nervous?

Lol

Bu

Yeah those toasters will get you fired every time.

But but but it was a toaster oven

 

[centipede2233]

Offensive dmen that are weak defensively are the most overpaid guys in the game.

It took the GMs running out of Monopoly money to actually make the cut backs on long term deals they should be making anyway.

Klingberg is a $3-4M dman. Another Tyson Barrie. Every team that has him wants to ditch him.

Agreed, you just don’t get much bang for your buck. The most important tools an Nhl d man of any sort can have is being able to a) check and/or block b) play good defensively sound positioning etc c) a hard shot from the point. Guys like Barrie and klingberg don’t have any of those. Sure they can carry a puck and skate better then a lot of d men, but an nhl d me
an should skate and carry the puck with some competency anyway.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Yep at 3-5% that’s a bunch of overhead that ain’t getting covered. Even a lower end contract of 60 million at 3%, is 1.8 million, poof! I hope he enjoyed the wedding.


Lol

Bu

But but but it was a toaster oven

No.

It was a straight up toaster.

 

[SoundAndFury]

2014-2016 was also prime Karlsson years, so I highly doubt anyone was saying Klingberg was better then either.

Especially considering Klingberg didn't even play in the NHL for most of 2014. His first NHL season ended in 2015.

 

[brentashton]

No.

It was a straight up toaster.

Oof, should have splurged I guess.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Oof, should have splurged I guess.

You should be ashamed. Feel guilty. And go "grrr"...

 

[Kcb12345]

Offensive dmen that are weak defensively are the most overpaid guys in the game.

It took the GMs running out of Monopoly money to actually make the cut backs on long term deals they should be making anyway.

Klingberg is a $3-4M dman. Another Tyson Barrie. Every team that has him wants to ditch him.

Klingberg is one of the best offensive dman in the game and one of the most individually skilled. Man he has become insanely underrated after 1 bad season in which he clearly wasn't trying because he thought he'd be traded. He'd be the most skilled offensive dman on most teams in the NHL

$6m AAV is not the problem, it's the term that's the only real issue.

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Comparing Klingberg to Barrie is just funny......go back and watch........

 

[HaveKnifeWillButcher]

ZZZZZZZZ

 

[playasRus]

Klingberg is one of the best offensive dman in the game and one of the most individually skilled. Man he has become insanely underrated after 1 bad season in which he clearly wasn't trying because he thought he'd be traded. He'd be the most skilled offensive dman on most teams in the NHL

$6m AAV is not the problem, it's the term that's the only real issue.

5M x 6 years = 30M is still tough for most team to swallow for a 30 year old in years 3-4-5-6 when he'll possibly be bottom pair (picture Zaitsev again but with more term).

Now, ask him to take 6M x 2 years and that's 18M of salary loss that he may not be able to recuperate much of when re-signing as a new UFA at 32 and only gets another 2-3 years at 3M. I can see why he's delaying and hoping someone gives in and offers 4M x 6+ years to clock in that 24M right away.

 

[Frank Garrett]

The dirty bastard channelled his paternal side and took Wallen out with a Bat'leth.

 

[Kryten]

The dirty bastard channelled his paternal side and took Wallen out with a Bat'leth.