Confirmed with Link: Montreal Canadiens Sign Paul Byron to 4-Year Extension ($3.4M AAV)

[Habs10Habs]

I honestly thought we'd be moving him at the deadline. But if we're going to keep a "stop gap" player until the youngins are ready. I have no issue with it being Byron.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Didn't Gauthier sign Max to his 4.5 deal? And this time around he just didn't negotiat with Max which I agree with. Most people on this board did not want Max signed again and wanted him traded so I am glad he didn't throw Max a 8x8 deal last season when he gave Price his 10.5 deal.

Max wasn't demanding an 8x8 deal. That was either paranoia or manipulation on the part of those who wanted him out.

And no, it was not Gauthier, it was Bergevin in August of 2012.

 

[HuGort]

Price will be better but he doesn't score goals. I fail to see how the habs are going to have an outburst in goal scoring this year given we traded away our 2 best snipers in the summer off a team that scored 1 or less goals in historic fashion last year.

A healthy Carey Price is going to be big for this team. Unless he goes down again, you won't need to score as many.

 

[HuGort]

Max wasn't demanding an 8x8 deal. That was either paranoia or manipulation on the part of those who wanted him out.

And no, it was not Gauthier, it was Bergevin in August of 2012.

Bergs takes a lot of knocks but that was a great contract. Gallagher's was also

 

[Runner77]

Good for him. Cannot think of a more deserving player on the team.

 

[Adam Michaels]

That's disturbing.

 

[Cobra Commander]

The trade and sign back move has been done a couple of times with veterans. How many times has it been done with 29-30 yo players?

So then we still get a 2nd + 3rd round pick for the rebuild even if we lose him. The rebuild should be what’s important.

 

[Runner77]

That's disturbing.

I know.

 

[Lebowski]

Not that he doesn’t deserve it, but I would have preferred to move him.

 

[DAChampion]

Bergs takes a lot of knocks but that was a great contract. Gallagher's was also

Bergevin took advantage of an unprofessional agent. It is not necessarily ideal to underpay your players.

Six years was the right term however.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Not that he doesn’t deserve it, but I would have preferred to move hin.

They may not move him this year. But they could still move him down the road.

 

[HuGort]

Ottawa and maybe ARZ are the only 2 teams on paper you could say are worse. And even with Price he still needs to bounce back and prove he is the same goalie of 2014. Since then he has put up a 2.5+ GAA and .915 save % which isn't exactly elite numbers across the league. Nieme gave us a .929 last year and we still sucked. As good as price is we saw during his 1st game that if the D plays bad he won't be able to stop the puck.

It was always going to come down to lottery luck anyways. Even if we were the worst team we still had to worry about the bouncing balls.

Arizona should be a decent team. A team with a healthy Price near impossible to bottom out. Since he is arguably best player in game if healthy. Yes, he has been injured these last few seasons but looks healthy. Pacioretty only scored 17 goals last year. Price is going to make up those easily.

 

[No More Subban]

There's not a lot to like about this team but Byron deserves to stick around. I love his game.

 

[Runner77]

That's disturbing.

Maybe you prefer this version ...

 

[HuGort]

Bergevin took advantage of an unprofessional agent. It is not necessarily ideal to underpay your players.

Six years was the right term however.

That explains Pacioretty's contract but how does it explain Gallagher's steal of a deal?

 

[DAChampion]

That explains Pacioretty's contract but how does it explain Gallagher's steal of a deal?

I thought that the Gallagher deal was fine.

 

[LaP]

If Byron got traded to a contender for a 2nd rounder, that would be a late second round pick, which statistically would give us a 20% chance AT BEST of getting a 20 goal scorer with speed. Maybe 10-15%.

If you think Byron is in the same category as Niemi, you are badly mistaken.

And it's not POOR evaluation to see Byron ahead of Hudon, McCarron and Scherbak, it's GOOD evaluation. He has speed, work ethic and a pretty good wrist shot. AND he' ll go to dirty areas. AND he'll kill penalties.

Byron did not block Lehkonen from scoring 18 as a rookie, and he won't block Hudon or Scherbak from displaying their talent, if they have it in them. Especially not now, with Chucky and Patches and Rads gone since Lehk's rookie year.

If there is anyone here (not necessarily you BargainBinSpecial) who is a fanatical Scherbak supporter and wanted Byron gone so his favourite player could have a job handed to him, try to get over it.

That's still a fair chance to have something once we will be ready to win. Usually there's around three top 6 players on average (including top 4 dmen) drafted in the 2nd round. Some years there's more and some years there's less but on average i would say it's about 10%.

The chances for Byron to still be a 20 goals scorer once we will be ready to win are imo very very slim. Less than those 10%.

Imo this contract is bad assets management.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Habaneros]

Happy about this...

I thought if they let him get another 20+ goals he'd be a 5 million a year cap hit next season.....but 3.4 cap hit good deal for the rocket Byron.. happy he's locked up

 

[HuGort]

I thought that the Gallagher deal was fine.

A 31 goal scorer for 3.75m long term? Definitely a team friendly contract.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Logic fail.

“I’ve never seen a bigger bunch of complainers” is in fact a whinge about others’ behaviour on here.

Don’t double down on a losing position.

I'm not complaining I'm making a remark , it can carry on (and it will). In any case seems a stretch to be upset over Byron's contract.

 

[Andrei79]

A 31 goal scorer for 3.75m long term? Definitely a team friendly contract.

He hadn't scored 20 at the time of the signing. But yes, good deal.

 

[Habs Icing]

After losing many favourites in the last few years, many fans will be happy to learn that Ti-Paul commited to stay long term on what is IMO a team-friendly deal for, again IMO, an elite 3rd liner and PKer.

He's this humble little with the great set of wheels and the big heart who was ****canned by his previous team so that they could keep Brendan ****ing Bollig instead. He was claimed off waivers after the brass saw a Youtube video showing off his wheels and breakaway abilities. Also, a QMJHL alumni, played in Gatineau where he met and married a local girl.

To me somebody like Byron is what the Canadiens should be all about. It's not about flashing for the cameras or waiting for your scoring opportunity so you can make the goal counter go up with minimal effort, no, it's about about honest workrate, skills and believing that wearing this jersey is special.

I don't see Ti-Paul asking for a trade like a coward when the going gets tough, as a matter of fact, he just did the opposite. He'll help our kids come up, he'll be a good exemple and have a positive attitude. That's how you don't breed a bunch of losers, I'm sure Edmonton could use a Paul Byron.

Amen, bro!

 

[BaseballCoach]

So then we still get a 2nd + 3rd round pick for the rebuild even if we lose him. The rebuild should be what’s important.

A proper build requires about 7-10 really good players. When you have one of them already, the odds are not with you to trade him for a late second and a third. The chances of being able to replace the quality you gave up are not very good.

 

[habsterr]

Much rather trade him at the deadline instead of keeping him long term. By the time, were ready to compete he will be on the decline.