Player Discussion Mika Zibanejad

[TGWL]

Remember the time Zibanejad hustled with a forecheck and knocked a player over to steal the puck and score the game winner? Good times. Guess we'll have to wait for March for that intensity.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1373449427390767107

 

[DanielBrassard]

I don’t think Zibanejad has skated that hard since.

 

[Siddi]

Mika was good today. Highest xGF% among all forwards.

 

[Kords]

He's yet to show up at an optional skate. Panarin and Laf have yet to miss one. Now that those two are tasked with getting him going it would be nice to see him show up and participate with his new line mates.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Mika is signed through 2030 at $8.5M/yr with a full no-movement clause the entire way through

His NMC turns into a 21-team no-trade clause, seven days before the 2030 deadline.

 

[Siddi]

He's yet to show up at an optional skate. Panarin and Laf have yet to miss one. Now that those two are tasked with getting him going it would be nice to see him show up and participate with his new line mates.

I agree. It is a bad look unless he is dealing with a minor injury we dont know about.

 

[Siddi]

Had his best game in a long while against the Islanders centering Panarin and Laf and tonight after 1 period the idiot behind the bench says, nope, not working, time for the blender. I mean how are these guys even going to gel if that dino keeps switching everything around as soon as they hit little adversity?

 

[DevilDog99]

we are literally ruining the team trying to accomodate this loser. Back to the old lines where we have at least three functioning lines. Mikas line should be playing 3rd line minutes bc that is exactly what they are.

No reason to ruin two great scoring lines for this no effort loser.

We need to try to get rid of him one way or another. Guys like this are a cancer in the locker room- that attitude spreads

 

[The Crypto Guy]

It's eventually going to come that we will have to buy this guy out. 5 years left after this season, going to suck for the cap hit but he is going to drag this team down for that entire contract if this is how he plays, and he's only going to get worse and worse over the years.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

It's eventually going to come that we will have to buy this guy out. 5 years left after this season, going to suck for the cap hit but he is going to drag this team down for that entire contract if this is how he plays, and he's only going to get worse and worse over the years.

He has a buyout proof contract. All the bonuses make it so that you'd essentially be paying him to go away while taking on almost his entire cap hit and then losing some space on the back end of the buyout term as you normally would.

Might as well keep him around and see whether or not he is someone you can shelf on LTIR at some point or see if there is some role where you can find some use for him.

 

[TGWL]

He has a buyout proof contract. All the bonuses make it so that you'd essentially be paying him to go away while taking on almost his entire cap hit and then losing some space on the back end of the buyout term as you normally would.

Might as well keep him around and see whether or not he is someone you can shelf on LTIR at some point or see if there is some role where you can find some use for him.

Retain would be the only way. You cannot spend 11+ million on a goalie and then buy somebody out for 7ish million on the cap. Retaining on ZIbanejad or some injury would be the only way. Obviously they would try and seek a trade first where they don't need to retain, but right now that doesn't seem likely.

 

[noncents]

Retain would be the only way. You cannot spend 11+ million on a goalie and then buy somebody out for 7ish million on the cap. Retaining on ZIbanejad or some injury would be the only way. Obviously they would try and seek a trade first where they don't need to retain, but right now that doesn't seem likely.

no. movement. clause.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

He has a buyout proof contract. All the bonuses make it so that you'd essentially be paying him to go away while taking on almost his entire cap hit and then losing some space on the back end of the buyout term as you normally would.

Might as well keep him around and see whether or not he is someone you can shelf on LTIR at some point or see if there is some role where you can find some use for him.

I didn't even know that was a thing. I thought it would just the penalty from the cap hit. That is awful

 

[TGWL]

no. movement. clause.

That doesn't mean a player won't eventually waive it. Unlikely, sure, but the buyout option doesn't work when you have to spend the same amount anyway, and top of 11+ on goaltending.