Confirmed Signing with Link: [SJS] Sharks sign Kevin Labanc (1 year, $1M)

[Hostile Offer]

56 points gets you 1 million??

 

[PensandCaps]

awful agent

 

[RoloTonyBrownTown]

ONE f***ING MILLION

YER A WIZARD DOUGIE

Meier at 6 and Labanc at 1 is 7 total, which by my math, is less than 8. @JoeThorntonsRooster, come on down and take your victory lap.

 

[Duck Off]

oh f*** off DW, that's just not fair.

 

[Inno]

Best Contract In The League, Bar None.

 

[milehigh11]

I thought SJS would be in trouble after the EK contract but they've handled their cap better than any team

Not better than the Avs and their cap. Who will once again have upwards of 25+ million in cap space (depending on what this year RFAs sign mainly Rantanen) with only Girard and Jost as the main pieces needed extensions

 

[Dr Quincy]

Can't complain about that contract.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

he's betting on himself for next offseason when he's arbitration eligible.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Wot in tarnation.

This guy needs a new agent.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Feel bad for Labanc honestly. Now if he's benched or has a down year he will never get a long or high AAV contract.

 

[Flames Fanatic]

If somebody said the Flames were full of playoff chokers and they won 0 playoff games this year, you’d probably go out of your way to correct them, wouldn’t you? Even though they only won one game, and the difference isn’t all that significant, and that person may have a point, you’d probably still correct them. On a similar note, all I did was correct the poster who came into this thread to stir things up and couldn’t even get their facts right.

20% vs 0.76% (GA) or 3.22% (standings) margin of error/how wrong though is a pretty big difference is my point.

If you can't tell me that him being off by a single position is the same level as someone saying Jumbo Joe is the best defenseman the Sharks have ever had then you are missing my point.

 

[thomaspalmer]

Not sure if this is any more reliable, but:

 

[masinaLFC]

wtf? he needs to fire his agent immediately

 

[llamateizer]

** Marner left the chat **

 

[Gunnin54]

The

That one and the one where I insisted that Pavelski was a player decision and not a cap decision.

The rooster can come out now.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Unreal... 1 million

 

[aircobra]

Not better than the Avs and their cap. Who will once again have upwards of 25+ million in cap space (depending on what this year RFAs sign mainly Rantanen) with only Girard and Jost as the main pieces needed extensions

Lol as if they were ever dealing with major cap issues. Their best player is only making $6.3 million. Come back when all their great players are no longer on sweetheart contracts.

 

[hohosaregood]

Not sure if this is any more reliable, but:

He's a good source. He's one of the beat writers and is kinda boring in that he only reports facts.

 

[ottawa]

I guess he is labancing on cashing in on his next deal.

I’ll show myself out.

Yeah, you really should. That was awful lol

 

[Mikenusca]

Got to love DW, always finds a way. Now find a way to pry Gusev from Vegas

 

[AmericanDream]

league will be investigating this shortly...

 

[seroes]

God Damm Doug Wilson....that's a fantastic deal.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

They lost Pavelski to keep the broken pieces of Erik Karlsson. What are you on about?

Also, they lost Pavelski because they didn't want to spend $7M over 3 years on a 35 year old who had only scored 5 5-on-5 points in his last 35 playoff games; not because they didn't have room due to Karlsson. This deal proves that.

They've currently got $5,382,583 in cap space with 8 defensemen and 11 forwards on the roster. They easily could've traded Brenden Dillon and Aaron Dell for a soft return, or in an absolute worst case scenario, paid minor assets to get rid of those players. That would leave them with $10,552,583 to spend on Pavelski, a backup goaltender, and two bottom line forwards. By matching Pavelski's contract from Dallas and filling the other two spots with Thornton and Marleau at $1M, they would have a 22 man roster with just under $1M in cap space.

 

[Guardian452]

Uh, that's prove to me that you are a 4th-line player money.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Imagine if he gets injured or has a down year. Could result in him missing out on tens of millions in career earnings. I hope for his own sake he has a great season because this is incredibly risky.