Confirmed Signing with Link: [OTT] Mike Hoffman (4 years, $5.1875M AAV)

[MarkStone]

Yea battle of ontario sucks. We stopped caring about you guys in 2004.

You also stopped caring about the playoffs that year.

 

[JuniorNoboa]

Mentally weak player. He will mail it in now and never score 20 again.

 

[internetdotcom]

Mentally weak player. He will mail it in now and never score 20 again.

Wow, lots of ******** fans disappointed that they aren't getting Hoffman. LOL

 

[Sensinitis]

Sens are a budget team with an internal budget as well, even I can tell you that as a Habs fan, I can even give you proof such as Melnyk quotes. As for them not having money go sign Hoffman, I doubt anyone knew the answer to that...

So the team with a budget... Has an internal budget... Hmmmm.

 

[Mad Brills*]

leafs have been a joke since 2004, ottawa has been irrelevant since 2012, save one series win.

 

[TNT87]

Nice deal for both sides.

 

[BondraTime]

Mentally weak player. He will mail it in now and never score 20 again.

You would think a mentally weak player would pack er' in after being told he can't even hack it in junior and being cut from team to team. No, Hoffman played through it, won MVP of the QMJHL, and succeeded in being drafted as an over-aged player.

Or he would pack his bags after struggling and being called out in all of junior, AHL and NHL for not playing up to expectations. No, Hoffman got better after every year, in every league, when teams had all but given up on him.

It seems to me Hoffman has the markings of a very mentally strong player.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Not resigning him would have been insane after they aquired Brass. Ott is going for it the next 5 years so EK is resigning when his contract is up. Just barely making the playoff or not making it isnt good enough if they wanna be sure EK is staying

 

[missionAvs]

Great deal for the Sens. Congrats to them.

 

[ottawa]

You sure thought you did. They werent going to let him walk or go to arbritration sucks for you guys i know.

No Habs fans expected Hoffman to sign with the habs because the sens would be highly unlikely to trade him within the division if they wouldn't want to sign him. Young RFA, that's most likely out of the division and the conference.

Fair contract nonetheless, not great but certainly not bad. Just about in the ballpark of where it should be imo.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Pretty solid deal.

 

[ottawa]

So the team with a budget... Has an internal budget... Hmmmm.

Yes, every team has a maximum budget of 74m or whatever the cap space is and the sens have an internal budget on top of that according to Melnyk.

 

[Neutral Hockey Fan]

Oh already after a new narrative hahaha #pathetic.

Huh?

I'm genuinely curious if his disastrous defensive game is going to be improved or not so he can try to justify that contract

 

[ottawa]

You also stopped caring about the playoffs that year.

Hit em where it hurts

 

[IAmBobo]

weak floating winger with 1 good season

 

[BondraTime]

Huh?

I'm genuinely curious if his disastrous defensive game is going to be improved or not so he can try to justify that contract

Yes, a (basically) 30 goal scorer trying to justify his contract of 5.2 million, what a drag it is to be a Sens fan.....

 

[BondraTime]

weak floating winger with 1 good season

27 goals as a rookie, 29 as a sophomore....

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Goodbye Ceci.

 

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

Alfredsson, Heatley, and Spezza all left because either he wasn't willing to either pay them what they were worth or he'd shipped off one of the others because of this and left them with less and less options.

lol that has literally zero with why Heatley left.

Alfredsson left because he felt insulted - the Sens offered him more than he took in Detroit, it was just too late of a gesture.

Spezza left for several reasons, and yeah, that likely was one of them.

 

[Sun God Nika]

a little less than what he would get on the open market.

 

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

Fair deal, and a very good one if he continues to improve. I am not in love with Hoff's game, and it worries me having both him and Bobby in our top 6 given that they both tend to slow down as the season winds down, but I think the addition of Boucher will really give him a chance to shine. Could hit 65-70 points this year.

 

[TT1]

awesome AAV

 

[jason2020]

weak floating winger with 1 good season

That weak winger is a player they Leafs have been trying to trade for.

 

[jason2020]

Goodbye Ceci.

A deal to resign him seem very close.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

I like how Ottawa still gets chirped for being cheap despite the fact that they constantly disappoint non fans by signing players who they thought weren't going to be signed. Ottawa is even overpaying two of their players but apparently they still are cheap.