Confirmed Signing with Link: [TBL] Alex Killorn (7 years $4.45M AAV)

[Joel Ward]

Price is nice, term is a bit worrisome but it was likely required to get him at that price.

Gives them $8.55M to re-sign Kucherov, Namestnikov and Nesterov...

 

[These Are The Days]

Andrew Shaw contract looks ****ing great now

Are you kidding me right now? Killorn is hands down the most clutch playoff performer on the Lightning not named Nikita Kucherov.

1. He saved our bacon in game 5 of the ECF and scored the goal that started the comeback
2. Scored a clutch goal in game 1 after Bishop and Johnson went down in the ECF
3. Scored the game winner at MSG in game 7 in the ECF 2 years ago.
4. Scored the series winner against Detroit in Tampa
5. Scored a crucial goal in the NYR/Tampa shootout just before he turned Super Sayian

You can't pay enough for a guy who comes through in moments like that. I've always maintained privately (because the conversation never came up) that Killorn would score the Cup winning goal for the Lightning were they ever to win one soon.

I. AM. THRILLED!

 

[MrClutch86]

31 points in the playoffs the last few years, he gets things done. I actually like the term, think the alternative was a shorter contract for more $$$

 

[WesMcCauley]

This is dumb if true. He is a player that is replacable and in a cap world a team like Tampa cant overpay for him longterm when they have more important players to resign. He is a good player but you cant overpay for 3rd liners when you will be in cap hell going forward....

 

[JS91]

I like it. This pretty much guarantees Ben and Flip are out though. Killorn always steps up his game big time in the playoffs so as long as he provides steady 40-50 point seasons while playing good defense I'm fine with it.

 

[mouser]

Big question: does he have an NMC for 2017-2018 requiring Tampa to protect him in the expansion draft? And if so, what happens if they can't move Filppula?

 

[Il Stugotz]

Term is long to get the AAV down. It's smart when you're a top tier contender.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Andrew Shaw contract looks ****ing great now

If anything this makes the Shaw contract look even worse.


Killorn is twice the player Shaw is.

 

[Stammer Time*]

Not a huge fan of 7 years but keep turning it on in the playoffs and I'll be happy.

 

[Ace]

I don't know why 29 teams aren't preparing offer sheets for Kucherov.

 

[CorgisPer60]

Definitely risk in the term, but if he continues to develop, this contract will be a steal.

He's 26. Not much developing left, and hasn't had more than 40 points in an NHL season. 40 points is good for a 2nd line tweener. Iffy about the term, though. Well, it makes the rest of Tampa's off season more interesting.

 

[thepuckmonster]

Great player but that's a lot of term, Stevie knows what he's doing though I'm sure.

 

[The Madrigal]

7 years and 4.5 million for a 15 goal/40 point winger? Probably the worst contract of the summer.

 

[KPower]

If anything this makes the Shaw contract look even worse.


Killorn is twice the player Shaw is.

Twice the player ?

I'd say they're close.

 

[MrClutch86]

Big question: does he have an NMC for 2017-2018 requiring Tampa to protect him in the expansion draft? And if so, what happens if they can't move Filppula?

Doesn't matter, he isn't eligible until his UFA seasons and that wouldn't be 2017-2018.

 

[mouser]

Doesn't matter, he isn't eligible until his UFA seasons and that wouldn't be 2017-2018.

He would be eligible in 2017-2018, age 27.

 

[SI90]

I could see them moving some of the bad contracts and resigning their guys to great deals. Everyone there seems to want to stay and is buying in to what they're building.

 

[The Madrigal]

Also, I agree with those who said Shaw's contract doesn't look so bad right now. I was very critical of of that contract but if a very similar player like Killorn is getting an additional year and a half a million more in AAV it certainly does look better now.

This Killorn deal is a serious head scratcher.

 

[Kelly]

Is this the Bickell contract 2.0? Overpaying because of playoff success?

Seems like a lot of years to give a 40 point player.. but Stevie Y does no wrong I guess.

 

[tade]

The term is huge, 7 years for him, wow.

 

[Skobel24]

Also, I agree with those who said Shaw's contract doesn't look so bad right now. I was very critical of of that contract but if a very similar player like Killorn is getting an additional year and a half a million more in AAV it certainly does look better now.

This Killorn deal is a serious head scratcher.

Killorn is a better player.

 

[Skobel24]

I could see them moving some of the bad contracts and resigning their guys to great deals. Everyone there seems to want to stay and is buying in to what they're building.

Only problem is, every team would want to move some of their bad contracts. It's much easier said than done.

 

[Bourdon]

Not that I don't like Killorn as a player, but while the AAV is fair value for someone like him, that term is going to be a "killer" in a few years.

That contract has the potential to turn out the way that Bickell's contract turned out. Similar comparison in that they are both half-point per game types, playoff performers, big body types that can move up and down the lineup. Killorn is a better player than Bickell is but they aren't especially dissimilar enough to negate the comparison.

Maybe Tampa is rewarding him for his playoff performances, but I don't believe players can be consistently big game performers when they are players of his ilk and talent level.

 

[Paradise*]

I like Killorn, but that's too much term. Too much AAV. Especially since he was an RFA.

Make's Perreault's new deal look a lot better.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Schenns agent must love this deal,,,,,, wow that's a lot of term and $$$ for him.