Confirmed Signing with Link: [UTA] F Dylan Guenther signs extension with the Utah Hockey Club (8 years, $7.14M AAV; begins 2025-26)

[LeapOnOver]

I mean look up winnipeg on google images and then look up salt lake city.

look the same to me minus the mountains, lol. All you need to know about Winnipeg, Canada, for your trip

https://www.hellolanding.com/blog/living-in-salt-lake-city-pros-and-cons/

 

[Tetsuo]

Great deal. This will be middle pair/middle 6 money in a few years and this deal won't look out of place then. If Guenther really pops, this will be one of if not the best contract in the league by the end of it.

 

[Half Clapper]

look the same to me minus the mountains, lol. All you need to know about Winnipeg, Canada, for your trip

https://www.hellolanding.com/blog/living-in-salt-lake-city-pros-and-cons/

Until you people actually go and see Winnipeg downtown after 8 PM, I really can't argue with you. Salt Lake is nicer in almost every sense than Winnipeg. Better weather, beautiful mountains, better economy, less crime, etc.

Park City Utah is a far nicer place than anything Winnipeg has to offer.

 

[beowulf]

Another dumb contract totally based on a very small sample size...crazy.

 

[HFpapi]

People are severely overrating the amount of "risk" that the Utarizona Coyotes Club are taking here.

It's not all about games played folks. This guy has scored at a high rate at every single level of hockey he's ever played. He's a 9th overall draft pick, was one of the star players for Canada at the WJC, was PPG first year in the AHL and scored 18 goals in only 45 NHL games last season at 21 years old.

He passes the eye test and has an NHL shot (to put it mildly). I don't see a world where he's less than a 25 goal a year guy and that alone will be worth 7 million in the higher cap era. I wouldn't be shocked though if he posts a few 40+ goal seasons and is a total bargin.

Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean the Utah MGMT haven't been watching this guys every move for years. They know what they have in him.

This isn't a random decision. I don't see this being any more risky than the Hughes/Stutzle/Sanderson/Thompson contracts.

If you don't know who he is, you soon will.

 

[LeapOnOver]

Until you people actually go and see Winnipeg downtown after 8 PM, I really can't argue with you. Salt Lake is nicer in almost every sense than Winnipeg. Better weather, beautiful mountains, better economy, less crime, etc.

Park City Utah is a far nicer place than anything Winnipeg has to offer.

I actually tend to agree with you. I just thought it was funny that on Google the first three images of both places there were one of each that looked very similar, lol. I've never been to either, but can envision SLC being a better place to live than Edmonton. However, I also agree with the other poster that as a hockey player, it's not that much of a difference to be a needle mover.

 

[Jormungandr]

People are severely overrating the amount of "risk" that the Utarizona Coyotes Club are taking here.

It's not all about games played folks. This guy has scored at a high rate at every single level of hockey he's ever played. He's a 9th overall draft pick, was one of the star players for Canada at the WJC, was PPG first year in the AHL and scored 18 goals in only 45 NHL games last season at 21 years old.

He passes the eye test and has an NHL shot (to put it mildly). I don't see a world where he's less than a 25 goal a year guy and that alone will be worth 7 million in the higher cap era. I wouldn't be shocked though if he posts a few 40+ goal seasons and is a total bargin.

Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean the Utah MGMT haven't been watching this guys every move for years. They know what they have in him.

This isn't a random decision. I don't see this being any more risky than the Hughes/Stutzle/Sanderson/Thompson contracts.

If you don't know who he is, you soon will.

This entire thread just goes to show how little anyone actually payed attention to the Coyotes. Which is funny, because everyone is an expert when it comes time to talk about trade value of Coyotes and now Hockey Club members.

 

[Sparksrus3]

Seems like a really big gamble with very little potential payoff.

If he scores near a ppg how much more could he get? Raymond just had 72 points and got 8x8.

Are they trying to reach the cap floor ?

 

[LevelingSolo]

Whatever happened to bridge deals?

 

[BCNate]

That’s a big payday for someone with 78 games under their belt.

 

[Brookbank]

People are severely overrating the amount of "risk" that the Utarizona Coyotes Club are taking here.

It's not all about games played folks. This guy has scored at a high rate at every single level of hockey he's ever played. He's a 9th overall draft pick, was one of the star players for Canada at the WJC, was PPG first year in the AHL and scored 18 goals in only 45 NHL games last season at 21 years old.

He passes the eye test and has an NHL shot (to put it mildly). I don't see a world where he's less than a 25 goal a year guy and that alone will be worth 7 million in the higher cap era. I wouldn't be shocked though if he posts a few 40+ goal seasons and is a total bargin.

Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean the Utah MGMT haven't been watching this guys every move for years. They know what they have in him.

This isn't a random decision. I don't see this being any more risky than the Hughes/Stutzle/Sanderson/Thompson contracts.

If you don't know who he is, you soon will.

Where does he go in a redraft ?

Whatever happened to bridge deals?

Well you can have 2 bridge deals and still end up with exactly what you are trying to avoid. See Darnell Nurse.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Good deal for them and anyone saying otherwise is trying to act smart

 

[McJedi]

This trade was so bad for Vancouver, but at least Garland started to play well as a 3rd liner last year. He was a great third liner last season.

Guenther looked great vs the Avs the other night. Preseason vs AHL level team, but still.. He was dominating.

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Whatever happened to bridge deals?

The risk of the Bridge deal is about blow up in the Oilers face with Bouchard when he signs a $10.5MM/aav deal next summer.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

This contract will be a huge steal for Utah before it even starts next seasom

A nice 2 goal game to start the season

 

[FinnishCoyote]

It's just funny when fans of other fanbases judge the contract as a bad one, when their only research about the player is his last seasons goal and assist count

 

[HFpapi]

Said earlier in this thread if you were among the people saying "who?" you'll soon know.

35 goals this year wouldn't surprise me at all and by next season this contract will be a laugher for UHC.

 

[Reality Czech]

It's just funny when fans of other fanbases judge the contract as a bad one, when their only research about the player is his last seasons goal and assist count

True, the issue isn't that people don't know much about Guenther but rather them commenting on something they don't know much about. I'm a pretty big hockey fan but knew little about him expect for the name and that he was a high draft pick.

I can see why they signed him to this deal from a business perspective, though I'm not a fan of paying guys based on potential. It puts the pressure on him to live up to the deal, which hopefully he can do. That team is gonna be fun to watch with the stockpile of young talent they have collected.

 

[Schemp]

2Gs on opening night!
The 1st goal for the Utah Hockey Club.