The NHL's 5 Most Untradable Contracts, according to the Hockey News

[NVious]

It would be scary to think how good edmonton would be without Nurse and his AAV. on the books.

Dude sucks
And that pairing was an embarrassement during Edmonton’s playoff run always getting caved in.
$24 million in back loaded SB’s makes the contract even that more of an anchor

All great teams end up with bad contracts eventually.

Drai and Hyman should be getting paid basically the difference between what Nurse should be earning and what he is, so it evens out.

At least Nurse is not Campbell bad

 

[Neil Racki]

I would put decent money that Tom Wilson’s contract ages poorly given his physical play, age, and injury history. He’s 30 years old and is getting paid $6.5 mill for the next 8 years.

He'll be 36 when his contract expires.

Tom and the Caps will be okay imo.

 

[TheBeard]

Chandler Stephenson should already be on the list.

According to some of the Shark fans here, he did. The moment he signed that contract.

Who knew money and security was his kryptonite?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Forgot Trouba.

His agent is unethical and his wife is apparently the most prestigious doctor in the world and only able to work in one hospital, so no way that dude is tradable. Will claim he’s not going to report too once you try to trade him.

 

[notbias]

Still un tradeable. No one has cap space for a faceoff specialist with no skating.

Who will likely rebound and still put up close to PPG numbers? I don't think he is as unmoveable as some of the other contracts listed.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Who will likely rebound and still put up close to PPG numbers? I don't think he is as unmoveable as some of the other contracts listed.

I really don't see JT being able to go point per game again, he's too slow and ineffective. I think he will be lucky to get 60-70.

 

[John Garretts KD]

He'll be 36 when his contract expires.

Tom and the Caps will be okay imo.

I agree that they will be okay, largely because he will either be on LTIR or the Caps will end up rebuilding for the later years. But paying Wilson $6.5 mill to play around 40-50 games and put up 20-30 points is not great value imo.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

I really don't see JT being able to go point per game again, he's too slow and ineffective. I think he will be lucky to get 60-70.

You make it sound like 60-70 points is a HUGE shortfall. He's due less than $1M cash, so it likely a relatively inexpensive contract to get a 3rd team to retain on in a deal.

The reason he might be an "untradeable" contract is he's the team captain, in his home town, with his family including 3 young kids, and has a NMC. And the ML's will likely try to resign him to a "bargain contract" for those same reasons next year.

 

[Hockey Know it all]

NMC aside, There are multiple teams that could pull an "Arizona of a few years ago" and take the cap dump with sweetners like Calgary , Anaheim, Det, and SJ. The contract can absolutely be moved if toronto were to give up futures to move it

One of these teams is not like the others.

Detroit was a solid team last year. I am biased because I’m a wings fan but NO WAY in heck would we take on Tavares. Maybe if he was still 27 years old Tavares but not 34 year Johnny T.

 

[Neil Racki]

I agree that they will be okay, largely because he will either be on LTIR or the Caps will end up rebuilding for the later years. But paying Wilson $6.5 mill to play around 40-50 games and put up 20-30 points is not great value imo.

id counter he does a lot more then the numbers on the back of his baseball card.

Like one of my fav Marley songs .. "time will tell .."

cheers

 

[John Garretts KD]

id counter he does a lot more then the numbers on the back of his baseball card.

Like one of my fav Marley songs .. "time will tell .."

cheers

I agree. At worst, I think the Caps get good value for the first 3-5 years and then he drops off (just based on how physical he plays + games missed from injury in recent seasons). He probably ends up on LTIR for the last few years, and the cap will rise so it won’t be a big deal.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Lmao

Nurse and Jones aren’t the same. Nurse legitimately sucks and is like $6M overpaid. Jones is about $2.5M overpaid but still a great top 3 defenseman.

Oilers fans coping trying to put Nurse and Jones in the same category.

 

[John Garretts KD]

Lmao

Nurse and Jones aren’t the same. Nurse legitimately sucks and is like $6M overpaid. Jones is about $2.5M overpaid but still a great top 3 defenseman.

Oilers fans coping trying to put Nurse and Jones in the same category.

Nurse basically cost Edmonton a Cup. You absolutely love to see it.

 

[notbias]

I really don't see JT being able to go point per game again, he's too slow and ineffective. I think he will be lucky to get 60-70.

His points at even strength went up, his PPP dropped, that is why his points dropped.

Nothing to do with skating.

Anyway, Huberdeau being #1 makes sense, that contract is bad for a long time.

 

[Lt Dan]

One of these teams is not like the others.

Detroit was a solid team last year. I am biased because I’m a wings fan but NO WAY in heck would we take on Tavares. Maybe if he was still 27 years old Tavares but not 34 year Johnny T.

The question wasn't who would, It was who could.
Context is important

 

[34]

Nurse is #1 here. 3rd pairing D man making almost $10M season. Edmonton likely buys him out.

 

[dgibb10]

If all were UFAs based on their remaining term.

I'd offer Nurse a 5 mill x6 deal (27 mill overpaid total)
I'd offer Jones a 7.5x6 year deal (12 mill overpaid total)
I'd offer Huberdeau a 5x7 year deal (38.5 mill overpaid total).
I'd offer Vlasic league minimum (12.45 mill overpaid total)
I'd offer Couturier a 6x6 deal (10.5 mill overpaid total)

 

[Dog]

Huberdeu is not number one and could be moved just Flames don't want to eat about 50% of his salary. Which is only way a contender probably be interested. Is he top five the answer probably is yes. Literally he could be traded to team who could afford him but most those teams probably would want younger. I think Nurse be harder to trade them probably Jones with Huberdeu at number 3. The only reason Tavares is not on the list is he on his last year of contract. If he had any term he probably be in top 5.

 

[TheFinalWord]

One of these teams is not like the others.

Detroit was a solid team last year. I am biased because I’m a wings fan but NO WAY in heck would we take on Tavares. Maybe if he was still 27 years old Tavares but not 34 year Johnny T.

For sure...why would you take him with sweeteners. He only doubled the points your 2nd, 3rd and 4th centers scored, and would have been 4th on your team in scoring (17 points over 5th) but why would you take that bum. Much better to roll with 33 point centers.

 

[StreetHawk]

Huberdeu is not number one and could be moved just Flames don't want to eat about 50% of his salary. Which is only way a contender probably be interested. Is he top five the answer probably is yes. Literally he could be traded to team who could afford him but most those teams probably would want younger. I think Nurse be harder to trade them probably Jones with Huberdeu at number 3. The only reason Tavares is not on the list is he on his last year of contract. If he had any term he probably be in top 5.

With retention, I haven't seen a team retain that high a % for greater than 2 year, like Nash just did with Johansen to Colorado.

Kessel, Luongo, OEL, who were retained for like 5 years and longer, it was like 15% retention.

Burns, for 3 years was retained at 34% by SJ.

With 7 years left, or even 6 next summer, that's just simply something we have not seen a NHL team retain that much on.

 

[Tryamw]

https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-nhls-five-most-untradeable-contracts

#1 Huberdeau
#2 Vlasic
#3 Nurse
#4 Seth Jones
#5 Couturier

Where's KK..

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Tanev
OEL
Marchesseau
Couture
Monahan

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

I don't agree with Huberdeau being the #1 on that list. It's a tougher deal to move, sure, but above those others? No.

Vlastic is old and not that good anymore. Nurse NEVER deserved that albatross. Jones NEVER deserved that albatross. Couturier is getting older and has suffered injuries.

Huberdeau went from a top-notch situation with a top 5 center to...Calgary (no offense). He's not injured, he didn't magically forget how to play hockey, and his historic performance earned him the long deal. I think if another team with a good center takes the risk, they would see the reward. It's the team, not the player. Everyone else on the list, it's the player.

It would cost the Flames multiple 1st round picks to trade Jonathan Huberdeau.

He’s not going anywhere.

 

[Rowlet]

Forgot Trouba.

His agent is unethical and his wife is apparently the most prestigious doctor in the world and only able to work in one hospital, so no way that dude is tradable. Will claim he’s not going to report too once you try to trade him.

She's doing her residency, you can't really change in the middle...

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Skinner, oh wait NVM.