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Confirmed Signing with Link: [NJD] F Timo Meier signs extension with the Devils (8 years, $8.8M AAV)

Lindberg Cheese said:
Maybe but you have to start filling the building on a regular basis. having grown up in the area and having been to their first franchise game ever, I can say that devils fans (or ones who say they are) are extremely bandwagon. Teaching devils fans the icing and offsides rules over the years has been a struggle unto itself but I vividly remember every car having a devils bumper sticker when they were winning cups to none at all when they sucked. My favorite pastime was asking devils “fans” who the backup goalie was or your top D pairing only to be met by blank stares. You’ve also stolen some Rangers chants which is pretty lame.
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Thank you for your concern
 
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TLEH said:
Well we were talking about a hair over 8.5 so I used 8.5 and 8.8. I don't make 300k. Didn't mean to come off arrogant. Just sometimes forget how crazy the numbers are from everybody else's reality.
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Pro sports...........just destroys reality eh........................it's crazy that people who make 45k are the ticket holders to go see these kids, make their millions........
 
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A little high.

If the cap goes up as expected this contract drops to below 10% of the cap, so it looks a lot better next year. Devils still have room, so it doesn't appear that it will hurt them this year.

Don't really see anything wrong with it unless he doesn't perform, but that's a possibility with any contract.
 
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Lindberg Cheese said:
Maybe but you have to start filling the building on a regular basis. having grown up in the area and having been to their first franchise game ever, I can say that devils fans (or ones who say they are) are extremely bandwagon. Teaching devils fans the icing and offsides rules over the years has been a struggle unto itself but I vividly remember every car having a devils bumper sticker when they were winning cups to none at all when they sucked. My favorite pastime was asking devils “fans” who the backup goalie was or your top D pairing only to be met by blank stares. You’ve also stolen some Rangers chants which is pretty lame.
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Boo hoo.

I like the Devils more now thanks to this post.
 
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TheBeard said:
It was always going to be 8 years, but now that we've gotten over the escrow hump from covid, I anticipate this deal will look pretty cheap in 5 years when the average salary for a top line forward is 10-11.

Frankly, with a team like the Devils, there's no point in concerning yourself with how things will look 6-7 years down the road when you're on the cusp right now.
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It's crazy how the cap is a magnet for salaries...........the lockout and the cap was a winner for the owners, but the players did real nice too......
 
Legend123 said:
well for him to live up to his contract right away in year 1, hes gonna have to produce at least 82+ points. He hasnt been a PPG his entire career and came close once. Since breaking out in year 3, hes a 66 point player. Imagine paying 9M for a sub 70p player for 8 years?

IMO they didnt need to commit to him when they have an amazing duet of young studs in defense coming up.
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Nice arbitrary benchmark you just randomly made up in your mind, but the dude scored 40 goals last year lol.
 
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BLONG7 said:
It's crazy how the cap is a magnet for salaries...........the lockout and the cap was a winner for the owners, but the players did real nice too......
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Nothing new. This is why the cap guys and the agents are so underrated. They are great at figuring out the numbers in terms of what salaries should go up by based on cap increases almost to the dollar. We, as fans, always complain about all these players (in every sport) getting overpaid) and then the following year everything gets reset like clockwork.
 
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Nocashstyle said:
Nice arbitrary benchmark you just randomly made up in your mind, but the dude scored 40 goals last year lol.
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i picked year 3 to not include his 2 weak seasons. if you count only since he came close to a ppg. Hes around a 70 point player. Thats great and all but no where close to 9M.
 
Lindberg Cheese said:
Maybe but you have to start filling the building on a regular basis. having grown up in the area and having been to their first franchise game ever, I can say that devils fans (or ones who say they are) are extremely bandwagon. Teaching devils fans the icing and offsides rules over the years has been a struggle unto itself but I vividly remember every car having a devils bumper sticker when they were winning cups to none at all when they sucked. My favorite pastime was asking devils “fans” who the backup goalie was or your top D pairing only to be met by blank stares. You’ve also stolen some Rangers chants which is pretty lame.
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I’m sorry the Devils hurt you in the playoffs.

Fun fact, you could ask 90% of team x’s fans and they wouldn’t know their backup goalie. Most fans are casual. But you sure showed Devils fans! Keep up the good work
 
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The Crypto Guy is doing what he’s supposed to be doing as a fan of a rival team. You’re supposed to clap back at the Rags not him. Well not only him.

The only significant thing the Rags have done so far is make a lateral at best coaching change. I think Rags fans know their time as a top team in the metro is coming to an end soon especially with C-Bus on the rise.
 
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Lindberg Cheese said:
Maybe but you have to start filling the building on a regular basis. having grown up in the area and having been to their first franchise game ever, I can say that devils fans (or ones who say they are) are extremely bandwagon. Teaching devils fans the icing and offsides rules over the years has been a struggle unto itself but I vividly remember every car having a devils bumper sticker when they were winning cups to none at all when they sucked. My favorite pastime was asking devils “fans” who the backup goalie was or your top D pairing only to be met by blank stares. You’ve also stolen some Rangers chants which is pretty lame.
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Admittedly I find a certain segment of the Devils fanbase having a preoccupation with the Rangers to be annoying and totally ridiculous considering the Devils have hands down been more successful since they got to New Jersey.

As for the deal; its not a steal, its not an overpay. A shade below 9 for him is fair value.
 
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Unconfirmed structure:

Timo Meier's salary breakdown, I'm told, goes as follows:

$12M in 23-24
$11.1 M in 24-25
$10.75M in 25-26
$7.75M in 26-27
$7.2M in 27-28, 28-29, 29-30 and 30-31.
 
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