Confirmed with Link: Neal Pionk - four-year extension, AAV of $5.875 million

[BatVader]

Good signing by Chevy… now either sign or trade Copp

Copp + Beaulieu to Seattle for Appleton + 2nd
Then make an offer to UFA Palmieri

 

[Aggie204]

Im pretty stoked that our top 4 is signed for 3-4 years. A nice balance of size, puck movement, truculence and offence thru out the pairings. Get that chip boyo's!

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Alright who's their goalie?

The vezina winner from 2 seasons ago. That guy. The backup is irrelevant.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Good signing by Chevy… now either sign or trade Copp

Copp + Beaulieu to Seattle for Appleton + 2nd
Then make an offer to UFA Palmieri

He has signed with the isles

 

[BatVader]

He has signed with the isles

I missed that… when?

 

[LowLefty]

Good value - I was hoping he'd come in under $6M.
Term is pretty much perfect.

 

[drumzan]

Good signing by Chevy… now either sign or trade Copp

Copp + Beaulieu to Seattle for Appleton + 2nd
Then make an offer to UFA Palmieri

I don’t think the Jets are in any position to offer sheet. They don’t have a lot of their natural draft picks next couple years - which are required for offer sheeting.

 

[BatVader]

I don’t think the Jets are in any position to offer sheet. They don’t have a lot of their natural draft picks next couple years - which are required for offer sheeting.

Offer sheet….
Where did I say anything about offer sheeting anyone?

 

[Gabe Kupari]

I missed that… when?

It hasn't been announced yet but like Parise it's a done deal

 

[Jetsfan79]

Good signing by Chevy… now either sign or trade Copp

Copp + Beaulieu to Seattle for Appleton + 2nd
Then make an offer to UFA Palmieri

SEA likely prefers Appleton over Copp

 

[BatVader]

It hasn't been announced yet but like Parise it's a done deal

Oh… thanks

 

[BatVader]

SEA likely prefers Appleton over Copp

They might also like to have another proven C

 

[Puckatron 3000]

Fantastic news!
Now I can stop nervously and compulsively hitting F5/refresh on HFJets every 10 minutes to see if Pionk stays a Jet.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

There's no room to sign Copp. But decent contract. Would rather have just done something like $4.5M AAV for eight years with Pionk's contract. Not the worst one though.

But if we're signing Dubois there might be some issues getting him long-term.

 

[Jeffsrig]

Good Deal, I may even start watching games again now that they arent icing an AHL caliber blue line.

 

[Romang67]

There's no room to sign Copp. But decent contract. Would rather have just done something like $4.5M AAV for eight years with Pionk's contract. Not the worst one though.

But if we're signing Dubois there might be some issues getting him long-term.

How in the world would you have convinced Pionk that he should sign for $4.5M long term when he's 13th in D-man scoring and has good defensive numbers during his time as a Jet, playing the vast majority of his minutes with Sbisa or Forbort?

 

[sipowicz]

I often wonder what planet you come from

it’s a fun place with rainbow coloured ponies and free booze!

 

[BatVader]

it’s a fun place with rainbow coloured ponies and free booze!

Sign me up…where’s the immigration office located

 

[KingBogo]

There's no room to sign Copp. But decent contract. Would rather have just done something like $4.5M AAV for eight years with Pionk's contract. Not the worst one though.

But if we're signing Dubois there might be some issues getting him long-term.

I don’t think Pionk does that however.

 

[buggs]

Seriously, good on our amateur scouting and Chevy for believing in Pionk even after his Rangers stay.

Now give him his first top 4 D-man partner in the NHL and see what he looks like!

Staal, Sbisa, Forbort... poor guy.

And one Rangers fan who posted here after the trade that was the only upbeat guy out of NY. He predicted a positive trajectory for Pionk and was quite harsh about the NYR usage of Pionk. I'd @ him if I could remember who it was but he should have a scouting job. An objective take in a sea of heat.

 

[John Agar]

it’s a fun place with rainbow coloured ponies and free booze!

and…

you can sit in your LazyBoy recliner in nothing but your stretched out white’s….

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

C

it’s a fun place with rainbow coloured ponies and free booze!

Chernobyl

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

A bit high but certainly still reasonable. Well done by both parties. Pionk taught me a lot about how wrong stats can be about a guy. Glad he is with us for his best years.

This is a point I hope a few learn from Pionk.

In fairness those numbers looked horrid in New York, but there was definitely environmental factors outside Neils control that I am sure had a heavy and negative impact on his analytics.

Similar to what Jacob is experiencing now that he has taken his place.

 

[Jets 31]

Great deal and contract length, good job again Chevy.

 

[Jets 31]

And if anyone thinks this is a bad deal , Maurice has a few words for you.