Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Adam Pelech signs extension (8 years, $5.75M AAV)

[SI90]

Can someone fill me in why everyone is mentioning Nurse?

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Luca Brasi swims with the fishes.

Which means a return of this:

 

[replayer]

Nah, you loved him. He was your franchise center, and he left because you couldn’t build a team around him. He was a #1C on the best contract in the league, around ~5M I think. And the best winger you could get him was PA Parenteau lol.

Does that sound familiar? Who is Barzal playing with this season, Parise if he’s lucky?

Lee and likely Wahlstrom.

JT left because he wanted May and June off, and the Leafs are the perfect place for that.

 

[duster19]

Can someone fill me in why everyone is mentioning Nurse?

Freidmen tweeted today that EDM is closing in on a deal with Nurse at 8 yrs x 9.5.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Can someone fill me in why everyone is mentioning Nurse?

He’s about to sign an 8 x 9.25 extension

 

[Devilsfan992]

What a f***ing steal.

 

[SI90]

Freidmen tweeted today that EDM is closing in on a deal with Nurse at 8 yrs x 9.5.

ohhh my

 

[The Kingslayer]

Steal.

 

[One Winged Angel]

I’d say it’s a pretty fair deal. Good on Lou to get a couple of those UFA years without having to go to even $6m, never mind going over it.

It really shows you though that points are so highly valued with defenders. If Pelech was even a 30 point defender, he’d approach Vlasic’s deal.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I’d say it’s a pretty fair deal. Good on Lou to get a couple of those UFA years without having to go to even $6m, never mind going over it.

It really shows you though that points are so highly valued with defenders. If Pelech was even a 30 point defender, he’d approach Vlasic’s deal.

I agree, The added years were for rewarding loyalty for a player that wants to stay. Pelech took a reduced AVV for the team and Lou gave him the max years as a reward, This is a great example of a win win negotiations. This also sets the table for Pulock, when you get the first one right, the rest will follow. Lou did this, this is why he is a 2 time GM of the year. Pelech is still only 26, the length is not a worry.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Crazy good contract, especially considering the deals inferior defenseman like Hamilton and Werenski got.

 

[leeroggy]

Is that a picture of the Isles board after Tavares signed in Toronto?

Again, further proof that you guys have some strange obsessesion with leaf fans:



The Pelech thread in the Isles forum is loaded with posts about the Leafs. Your D gets re-signed and you guys have to discuss how it affects the leafs. You need to sneak into the Leafs board to see what their reaction to the signing is. It’s a pretty unhealthy obsession lol.

Living in your head rent-free i suppose

Actually great comic relief is more like it . . . And I guess you had to sneak over to ours to see that quote, didn't you? One thing I do know is the rent is a lot lower in your head.

 

[leeroggy]

Nah, you loved him. He was your franchise center, and he left because you couldn’t build a team around him. He was a #1C on the best contract in the league, around ~5M I think. And the best winger you could get him was PA Parenteau lol.

Does that sound familiar? Who is Barzal playing with this season, Parise if he’s lucky?

Whoever Barzal plays next to, they've produced playoff round wins

 

[Hunn]

Nah, you loved him. He was your franchise center, and he left because you couldn’t build a team around him. He was a #1C on the best contract in the league, around ~5M I think. And the best winger you could get him was PA Parenteau lol.

Does that sound familiar? Who is Barzal playing with this season, Parise if he’s lucky?

Come on. We are one of the top teams in the league, a Cup contender, and just happened to sign our best defenseman to a team-friendly deal. The Leafs are a mess, an also-run, a middle of the pack bubble team at the very best. Why you brought in Tavares into Pelech thread? No one sane will trade Pelech for Pajama straight up.

 

[DickSmehlik]

Not surprised that the term and AVV was favorable to the Islanders. Has anyone else seen Lou's negotiating team? Poor Pelech and his agent never had a chance.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Sid as one who just did it, I’m sorry that you aren’t savvy enough to understand a side by side comparison of multiple metrics in a simple format. The data is the same for both players and it takes out much of the subjectivity for those specific categories

‘it’s not meant to be all inclusive and you should know that it’s just a graphic illustration of basic performance, people explaining their personal opinions is much more prone to speculation and less about actual performance.

Why would you assume I don't understand what's on the graph? I simply prefer hockey discussions to include actual discussion of a player's abilities and strengths/weaknesses that lead that player to be the player he is, not just image after image of charts and graphs with no actual hockey analysis from the person posting those charts and graphs.

It's no different than if the discussion is "who is a better player between McDavid and Mackinnon" and the only thing someone posts in response is a link or image of the scoring race from last season with nothing else accompanying it. It makes for boring discussion.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

With all due respect to Pelech, but...yes? Points matter? Has there ever been an era where two-way defensemen weren't the one's winning the Norris? Closest I can think of is Rod Langway going back-to-back.

I remember reading something about the Norris going to the best overall defenseman. And the best offensive defenseman would get the Paul Coffey Memorial Trophy. Whatever became of that?

 

[One Winged Angel]

I agree, The added years were for rewarding loyalty for a player that wants to stay. Pelech took a reduced AVV for the team and Lou gave him the max years as a reward, This is a great example of a win win negotiations. This also sets the table for Pulock, when you get the first one right, the rest will follow. Lou did this, this is why he is a 2 time GM of the year. Pelech is still only 26, the length is not a worry.

Nah, term isn’t a worry at all. Cap will go up with time and even if his offense is what it is and he’s a 20 point defender that gives you elite level defense, that contract will age well regardless, provided his body doesn’t break down at an unexpected rate.

As a Ranger fan, you can’t say anything bad about this deal. I don’t know if I’d necessarily call it a steal, as for me it falls right in line with Slavin’s when you account for inflation and what not, but it’s a very good deal for both the team and the player.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

Pulock gone next summer as a UFA

 

[Pavels Dog]

Doesn't seem like a player you want to lock up for 8 years tbh. I'd be surprised if this ages well.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

Pulock gone next summer as a UFA

Do you have anything to support this statement?

 

[Foppberg]

Do you have anything to support this statement?

Of course not lol

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

Doesn't seem like a player you want to lock up for 8 years tbh. I'd be surprised if this ages well.

Why not?

 

[AfroThunder396]

Outstanding AAV, although I always worry about very long term for a defensive defensemen. They always seem perfectly fine and healthy until when day they're suddenly not. But this is still an A+ deal.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Why not?

D-man that has hit 20 points once in his career.. even if he's really good defensively it's just a big bet. But I'm of the mind that those 7-8 year deal should be reserved for the core players.
I just imagine what if we signed Danny Dekeyser to an 8 year deal instead of 5 years. Pelech will hopefully not fall off like he did though.