Confirmed with Link: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 2-Year Ext. ($1.45M AAV), Selected by VGK in Expansion 6/21

[BritainStix]

This is not a massive deal.

I like Bellemare, he's a good soldier and he's not a terrible hockey player. It's not his fault he is saddled with that POS VV all year.

He's looked like a good player away from him.

 

[Beef Invictus]

If he's going to be paid this much then VDV needs to be hauled out and replaced with Weise so that line can at least have a chance of producing. VDV is so terrible he can manage to make fourth liners cap-inefficient.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I wonder what necessitated the need to do this today.

It's not a good signing, but it's not the end of the world.

 

[explosive skating]

Just announce the 2 yr VDV extension and get it over with

And millions for him, too

But seriously, it would be a terrible idea.

 

[BritainStix]

VV won't be here next year. Everyone and their cat can see that he's a terrible player. Hextall will replace him with one of the phantoms.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Not a big deal. Only 1.45M AAV. Who cares?

 

[psychwarfare]

It might not be a big deal, and I'm waiting to see how the last hour plays out. But, it certainly helps push me towards the "not renewing" side with my season tix.

I see no point in wasting 4k next year on this team.

 

[Curufinwe]

I wonder what necessitated the need to do this today.

Hextall was going to move Raffl last year if he didn't sign an extension. I expect it was the same situation this year with Bellemare.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

I hate when people scoff at small contracts. It matters because a couple of overpayments of 750k add up to another 2.25 million you can spend on a good player. That makes a difference in a league where ever penny counts

 

[bennysflyers16]

I hate when people scoff at small contracts. It matters because a couple of overpayments of 750k add up to another 2.25 million you can spend on a good player. That makes a difference in a league where ever penny counts

Read, Weise, PEB, A Mac add up to a **** ton of cap space, this deal is awful

 

[GKJ]

Way too much for a 4th liner, that should've been cut in half. My issue is with the evaluation and production of UFA's under Hextall. Signing Del Zotto late in the off-season is the only one that has worked, and is also the only one you can't blame on him. Neuvirth worked last year, I don't think he's an .887 goalie, but he's not more than a .910-.915 or so. Schultz, Raffl, and Weise are all guys who have failed since signing new deals. Vandevelde has been way over-exposed. Gordon is one-dimensional and is out of the league. Lyubimov has barely been given a chance. And these guys are mucking up the spots that we're going to want the young players to slide into.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I hate when people scoff at small contracts. It matters because a couple of overpayments of 750k add up to another 2.25 million you can spend on a good player. That makes a difference in a league where ever penny counts

You're absolutely right. But by the same token, it doesn't warrant the kind of reaction we are seeing. I mean, I get why people are losing their **** at the moment - it's bad news. But I hope most people will calm down over the next few hours/days and put it in perspective. We won't be up against the cap while this contract is active, so it won't hurt us.

 

[OriginJM]

Not a big deal. Only 1.45M AAV. Who cares?

he's a dime a dozen player that could be swapped out with literally anybody in the league and it would barely make an impact.

you could sign 4th liner who waited too long in FA for 900k, happens all the time. don't understand this move at all.

 

[Flyotes]

Can we have an in-forum wager regarding whether VdV gets signed or not? Avatar related.

 

[Cmoneyflyguy]

not a bad deal for a solid 4th liner.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Can we have an in-forum wager regarding whether VdV gets signed or not? Avatar related.

100% hes coming back...

BET everything you have on it

 

[Sombastate]

I'm ok with this. I like this more than the neuvy deal

 

[baudib1]

The problem with this signing is that the clear path to upgrading this team has always been to get rid of VdV and Bellemare and plug in...literally anybody. Like signing a Dale Weise could be defended if he's replacing VdV but that's not what happened. Putting Jordan Weal or Scott Laughton at 4C is totally fine and is a low risk/high upside move but the team insists on collecting guys who fit under the category of "he's so bad offensively, he must be good defensively."

 

[BillDineen]

This is terrible. I loved Hextall as a player and I think his long term vision is right, but this is ****. I really don't want to see the blind homers on here defending this.

 

[sobrien]

I'm not convinced he's as incompetent has he's appeared this year. He had a great World Cup. I don't hate the signing, I think he can be a good 4th liner going forward who can supply some offense, PK, and hopefully play wing rather than C

 

[Magua]

I'm not convinced he's as incompetent has he's appeared this year. He had a great World Cup.

And 3 mediocre NHL seasons of over 200 games. I think I know which sample size is more revealing.

 

[BritainStix]

And 3 mediocre NHL seasons of over 200 games. I think I know which sample size is more revealing.

He's been far from mediocre. This is just factually incorrect.

 

[sobrien]

And 3 mediocre NHL seasons of over 200 games. I think I know which sample size is more revealing.

Congrats. So do I.

I believe, out of the doom and gloom of what's happening on this board, he'll be fine if he's able to play with some decent 4th line talent. Perhaps him, Leier, and Cousins or Laughton with PEB at the wing...

 

[BillDineen]

Ok. I assumed Hextall would resign him, but this is Jody Shelley overpayment. Time for a new signing video.

 

[kelmitchell]

No. Dammit. Hextall. We need to fire him ASAP for this deal. I'm friggin' losing it right now. Bellemare must fit the diversity quota or something. Between this and not trading anyone, I want to punch through walls like that Kool Aid guy.

Well ****...