BLNY
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He's an excellent PK center, skates well, and wins key face-offs. He's a 3/4C. With Dvorak gone, he'll be 3C next year and Beck likely to be #4. He'll be 29 in June, so that isn't exactly "about to turn 30".
Confirmed Signing with Link: [MTL] F Jake Evans signs extension with the Canadiens (4 years, $2.85M AAV)
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Love it as a fan, he fits our 3rd/4th center role perfectly, allows us to aggressively pursue only 1 center this off season to bolster the lineup and plays the PK center role perfectly allowing suzuki to be preserved for playing a more offensive role
Great signing.
Will be interesting to see how this holds up over next 4 years relative to the deals that get done this summer. My guess is that Evans will stand out by far as one of the best value contracts signed.
KH showing the payoff of building a culture players want to be a part of & willing to leave $ on the table to do so.
Will be interesting to see how this holds up over next 4 years relative to the deals that get done this summer. My guess is that Evans will stand out by far as one of the best value contracts signed.
KH showing the payoff of building a culture players want to be a part of & willing to leave $ on the table to do so.
imnothere
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Bruh, what are you talking about. He’s one of the best PKer in the league and plays some of the toughest minutes.
...yup, just pointing out that he hit 50 points as a 19 year old and is on track to do it again as a 20 year old...
You just contradicted yourself in your post. You are right, points aren't everything. Most of Evans' value comes on the D side of the puck.
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Grand Admiral Thrawn
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I truly believed we would resign him for 5 years at 3 million per, so 4 years at 2.85 is pretty good!
BLNY
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Because the ask from his camp was reported to be 5 years and $4 million per. At that amount, you trade him. If that was accurate, Hughes stuck to his guns and Evans decided to stay, feeling that the being part of the group was more important.
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Just to be clear: You really do want Yanni Gourde, but you really didn't want Jake Evans?
Captain97
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Um he is one of the best penalty killers in the league. And will pass 30 points this year. Almost useless is a ridiculous statement.
100k per point for a defensive forward has been the standard for a long time.
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I'm f***ing PUMPED.
What a great deal.
So happy to have Evans back for four years!
What a great deal.
So happy to have Evans back for four years!
Jeune Poulet
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This is really not the steal that people are making it out to be.
Evans has been living off the hype train from his unusually good start of season (24 points in 37 games in 2024) but since the new year, he's got 5 points in 24 games.
That's still a good deal for both parties. He really is a good penalty killer and very dependable and he obviously wanted to stay in an environment that has worked out for him. I think that considering the many injuries he's suffered, he wisely chose long term security over potentially extracting an extra 250k on the free market.
Evans has been living off the hype train from his unusually good start of season (24 points in 37 games in 2024) but since the new year, he's got 5 points in 24 games.
That's still a good deal for both parties. He really is a good penalty killer and very dependable and he obviously wanted to stay in an environment that has worked out for him. I think that considering the many injuries he's suffered, he wisely chose long term security over potentially extracting an extra 250k on the free market.
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If Evans had 15 points this season, this deal is still a steal for what he brings. The offense is just a nice bonus.
There's zero chance he only left $250K on the table. AT LEAST $500K, if not substantially more depending on term.
JianYang
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He took a discount to be able to stay. That's an endorsement to the program that Hughes and gorton are building in that he's willing to forego his prime pay day opportunity to be a part of this group.
Ford Prefect
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The cap hit is really $3,562,500 per year when you add the 25% tariff.
I If Eavans was to come in as the 4C that would be different.
But my team needs a 3C and I do think Yanni Gourde is a better fit, plus he's got championship pedigree.
I want as many players with championship pedigree as possible.
He's a 4th C who can fill in at 3rd C/ kills penalties well. Decent at faceoffs and defensively. Will be 32 at the end of the 4th season of this contract. Not sure why you'd consider him useless, especially at that contract.
I would think fans have to be pretty happy with that number and term.
Congrats.
Congrats.
That's funny... I was under the impression the winger you're referring to is paid less than a million...
The next few years are going to be challenging times for Hab haters. Lots of rage crying in their pillows...
He could’ve on the open market. That’s for sure.
We’re talking about Slafkovsky here? Because if so, he’s still making 990k this year. Less than a milly for a 50 pts player is pretty f*cking good if you ask me.
One of the best pker in the league. He’s going to blow through his 29 points career high as he’s got 28 so far in 60 games this year
JianYang
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There is no way to be unhappy about it as a fan.
I am surprised that he left some decent money on the table but that also speaks to the program that gorton and Hughes are building.
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