Confirmed with Link: Liam O'Brien signs 3-year, $3M extension

[Mosby]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805981453995614698

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[rt]

…ok…

 

[Mosby]

He gets a raise too, $1 million per season says Frank Seravelli.

 

[DustyDangler]

He brained up towards the end of the season and reduced the dumb penalties. He's fine for a 12/13 fwd. He did well to steal the show at the pep rally and is worth a couple bucks in the positive pub category.

 

[rt]

He brained up towards the end of the season and reduced the dumb penalties. He's fine for a 12/13 fwd. He did well to steal the show at the pep rally and is worth a couple bucks in the positive pub category.

He may have locked up a color commentary role post retirement also. Haha.

 

[Grimes]

He may have locked up a color commentary role post retirement also. Haha.

The next Nash

 

[DustyDangler]

 

[rt]

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That honestly looks pretty good, all things considered.

 

[Summer Rose]

He’s all set to be our next Biz.

 

[rt]

He’s all set to be our next Biz.

Except Biz rarely lost a fight

 

[finkelsteinberg]

I can't believe he is back. We have players deserving of a shot and he is taking a potential spot. I hate this.

 

[Mosby]

If you can't make the cut because you're blocked by Liam O'Brien, you probably not ready for the NHL anyway.

 

[Mangosteen]

153 penalty minutes in 700 minutes of ice time is brutal. Rather give his ice time to one of the kids.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Dog]

Spicy Tuna ready to fight if need be . The enforcer of Utah!

 

[DustyDangler]

153 penalty minutes in 700 minutes of ice time is brutal. Rather give his ice time to one of the kids.

Somewhere around 115 of 153 of the penalty minutes were offsetting majors. Lawson Crouse had 3 times more minor penalties than LOB in the last 29 games of the season. Clayton Keller had 4 times more.

Like @Mosby mentioned, if a kid is good enough to beat out LOB, the kid will beat out LOB. Healthy scratching, waiving or whatever a 4th line grinder making $1m will not be some hard decision point if they have a better option.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Mosby]

Three years is still wild though. It's not a big deal at the end of the day, but would he have really turned down $1 million for 1 year?

 

[rt]

Three years is still wild though. It's not a big deal at the end of the day, but would he have really turned down $1 million for 1 year?

Hoping they’re setting the table to ease the tension in the room when they magically trade schmaltz for a defenseman this week.

 

[DustyDangler]

Three years is still wild though. It's not a big deal at the end of the day, but would he have really turned down $1 million for 1 year?

Probably not but sends an inexpensive message favoring stability. It's only a couple bucks above league minimum. It's easy to get out of and it is low risk. Just not a big deal imho.

 

[Puckrobber]

After the introduction to Utah that he gave himself, had they not re-signed him, they would have lost a lot of good will with the fans. They seemed to love him.

 

[TheLegend]

LOB does a lot off the ice as well as on.

Great person and character player. Teammates love him and so does Bear.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

LOB does a lot off the ice as well as on.

Great person and character player. Teammates love him and so does Bear.

agreed...just wish he was a better fighter

and he improves his PIMs, needs to cut his in half to be more effective.

 

[TheLegend]

agreed...just wish he was a better fighter

and he improves his PIMs, needs to cut his in half to be more effective.

Not the size of the dog in the fight…. It’s the size of the fight in the dog.

 

[DustyDangler]

agreed...just wish he was a better fighter

and he improves his PIMs, needs to cut his in half to be more effective.

He already improved his non-fighting PIMs and cut them to 2 mins shy of non-existent.