LeBrun: Sharks and Brent Burns getting close to new deal

[KaseMeOutside]

Brent Burns close to contract extension with Sharks?




Looks like he will be off the free agent market

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[SpookyHockey]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Sharks and Burns have made serious progress towards new contract

 

[pheasant]

Cool. He should be a Shark for life.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Probably 8M.

 

[Agalloch]

8.5 per for 8 years ?

 

[McRpro]

Boooourns

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Contract guesses?

8 years 6.5M AAV front loaded with bonuses.

Or.....

5 years 8.5M AAV.

 

[Mugzy97]

7.75 x 8 yrs is my guess

 

[Ducks Nation*]

8.888 for 8

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Cool. He should be a Shark for life.

...he was traded to San Jose

 

[SI90]

7 years 8 mil or 8 years 7.5 mil

 

[hockeyheadlines]

...and that's pretty much where he belongs, with his team. Good for him and them.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

8.5 per for 8 years ?

He will be 32 when this extension takes effect. 8.5 sounds like the right number on a shorter term contract. If they go 8 years, it'll be an attempt at signing the exact same 5 year type deal he would have otherwise have gotten, but tacking 3 years on the end of it to lower the cap hit now.

I can see them getting it down in the 6.5 range with the contract being heavily front loaded if they go 8 years. You have to consider that years 6/7/8 will cover him when he is 37/38/39 years old so it isn't farfetched to imagine he'd agree to a lower salary for those years. Basically, the combine the 5 year deal he would have gotten now with a contract you might predict he'd get at 37 when he regresses to lower the AAV.

With Byfuglien getting 7.6, something between 8-9 million sounds right on a 5-6 year deal for Burns.

 

[The Great John Scott]

5 years 6.9 million per.

 

[Amadeus]

Chuck Fletcher, what were you thinking?

 

[ManofSteel55]

As a fan of Burns I hope he gets a fair and just pay day.

As a fan of a divisional rival of the Sharks, I hope he gets overpaid for far too long.

 

[Empoleon8771]

So does this mean Braun will be on Vegas next summer?

 

[danielpalfredsson]

5 years 6.9 million per.

Byfuglien just got 5 years 7.6M on a contract that starts at 31. With Burns has just come off a monster 75 point season as a defenseman. So despite the contract starting at 32 instead of 31 like Byfugliens, I don't think that age difference is enough to bring his AAV down to 6.9M when Byfuglien got 7.6M.

He's going to get more than Byfuglien on a 5 year deal, but the big question is how much more? Will it be 7.9? Or 8.5?

 

[themelkman]

So does this mean Braun will be on Vegas next summer?

Uh no? this means hes getting a new contract to stay with san jose well into his 30s

 

[Juxtaposer]

So does this mean Braun will be on Vegas next summer?

Uh... no??? Why on earth wouldn't we protect Braun?

Thornton, Couture, Pavelski, Hertl, Vlasic, Burns, Braun, Schlemko.

 

[hohosaregood]

So does this mean Braun will be on Vegas next summer?

Via expansion draft? no.

Sharks are at least protecting Burns, Braun, and Vlasic this summer. Maybe Schlemko/Dillon. Only forwards worth protecting right now are Thornton, Pavelski, Couture, and Hertl.

 

[Canovin]

If he's not signing with the Oilers, then I hope he re-signs for 8M+

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

So does this mean Braun will be on Vegas next summer?

Re-signing Burns has nothing to do with Braun getting exposed in the expansion draft. A lot of us Sharks fans expected Braun, Burns and Vlasic to be protected (7F, 3D) before this season started. But given how good Dillon and Schlemko have been we would not be surprised if all of our D (except Martin) gets protected (8 skaters). Only forwards that need protection are Hertl, Couture and Pavs. Jumbo and Marleau are both free agents and there is very little chance that they do not re-sign with us. Either way, zero chance Braun gets exposed.

 

[hohosaregood]

If he's not signing with the Oilers, then I hope he re-signs for 8M+

Why would he have even gone to the Oilers?