Weekes: Leafs nearing $5M AAV deal for Tanev

[AHLdepth]

I love almost no player in the league like I love Tanev. I understand the intangibles he brings in a near intimate fashion, he is a warrior, he has been criminally underrated for the entirety of his career, and the things I would do to get him back to Vancouver are nigh unspeakable.

6 years at 5 million for Chris Tanev at this point in his career is why we ended up locked out for multiple seasons.

 

[dirtydanglez]

oh boy

 

[shaner8989]

$5 mill is extremely cheap for one of the best defensive dman in the league. Not to mention a major need for Toronto.

The leafs will LTIR him after year 3-4 or whenever he becomes useless.

 

[lawrence]

Great pick up. the good

they get Tanev

the bad. Hes aging and his party wants term. but good pick up by the leafs. Somehow I also think Brad is not really the GM and Shanny is the puppet master. Damn.

 

[BallardEra]

Great pick up. the good

they get Tanev

the bad. Hes aging and his party wants term. but good pick up by the leafs. Somehow I also think Brad is not really the GM and Shanny is the puppet master. Damn.

 

[Hierso]

How many D do you think hold up in their mid 30s?

Lidstrom held up pretty good.

 

[CapSpace]

6 years for Tanev at $5 million per is insane at his age. The man is being held together with duct tape.

He's never made that much money in his entire career, and odds are his play drops off a cliff in the coming years.

Classic Leafs.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

I'm guessing it's 4 years. Tanev wants his retirement contract.

 

[JimmyApples]

$5 mill is extremely cheap for one of the best defensive dman in the league. Not to mention a major need for Toronto.

The leafs will LTIR him after year 3-4 or whenever he becomes useless.

Sounds like the league is already onto that plan and has shut it down lol

 

[habamillions]

Pierre lebrun says ita more around 4.5 per but it will be at least 5 years

 

[Hierso]

Anything over 2 years is stupid.

 

[viper0220]

Hopefully it is 3-4 years at $5 million, very happy for Tanev and his retirement deal.

 

[iFan]

5 million isn't bad at all for him, what makes this good or bad is the amount of term tied to it. He's worth more than 5 million for next season but I'm not sure how long he'll play at his current level. If he's still available tomorrow I hope the Canucks jump in

 

[Gaberd2608]

Pierre lebrun says ita more around 4.5 per but it will be at least 5 years

Makes sense, if it was going to be $4 x 6 years, if the term needs to get reduced to appease the league then $4.8 x 5 would be the same. If Brad gets is done for $4.5 with less term thats a pretty good recovery imo.

He was never going to take 3 years. Leafs dont have cap to do it. 4-5 years is what it would take for any team in the league. He is going to be like pb and j with his boy Mo. Excited to see them together.

 

[Mr Positive]

If you can choose between more years or more AAV, pick more years. This is a retirement deal where there will be LTIR. Make it front loaded and you'll even be able to dump it off easy if you want to.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

 

[Tuggy]

Yes.

Please do this.

 

[TheNumber4]

Pierre lebrun says ita more around 4.5 per but it will be at least 5 years

Holy cap circumvention Batman

 

[Breakers]

Still no word on term????

Da Fuq? How has it been this long.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Lol they wanted this bloke for years and now will squatty potty all over their cap to keep him.

 

[Stephen]

If you can choose between more years or more AAV, pick more years. This is a retirement deal where there will be LTIR. Make it front loaded and you'll even be able to dump it off easy if you want to.

Yeah basically.

 

[GQS]

Great pick up. the good

they get Tanev

the bad. Hes aging and his party wants term. but good pick up by the leafs. Somehow I also think Brad is not really the GM and Shanny is the puppet master. Damn.

I wouldn't mind longer term if the dollars were lower and I wouldn't mind higher dollars if the term was shorter, but if he gets both at his age then it sucks and all Leafs fans can do is hope for him to age very gracefully and still be a healthy, effective player for most of his contract rather than being the next Muzzin.

 

[OVO16]

Weekes deleted this tweet. Wonder if he got fed false info.

5M AAV seems way to high. Friedman said yesterday he was hearing more around 4M AAV.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

For a guy who blocks shots like nobodys business, Tanev has surprisingly been able to stay relatively healthy the past 4-5 seasons. Dallas will really miss him. Tanev did say that he wants to play in Canada long term so makes sense he's back north of the border.

 

[TimeZone]

I thought the purpose of a long deal was to keep the AAV in the 4M range.....if they give him 5+ Brad can eat a d*ck.