Confirmed Signing with Link: [VAN] Canucks Sign Jacob Markstrom (3 years, $3.67M AAV)

[Zaddy91]

Yet Bieksa and Stoner are cap dumps. It's funny how HF works.

vatanen fowler lindholm > bartkowski sbisa weber.

nice try

 

[A91]

Happy as an Oiler fan. We have this guys number.

 

[Szechwan]

Meh. He's tracking to be a decent starter, and looked pretty good last year behind an atrocious team.

Probably about 500k more than he should have gotten, but he's a stop-gap for Demko so I wouldn't lose much sleep over it.

 

[Zaddy91]

andersen is a better goalie than markstrom, but both contracts are slight overpays.

no he isnt.

he plays behind a contender. or should i said did hahaha

 

[Rebels57]

a career high of 32 games in the nhl and they gave him 3.67m per and 3 years. sorry but that is really high.

THIS

Another truly terrible deal by Benning.

 

[Get North]

"So-and-so will be off the books"... or...."this buys time for this prospect" is such a stupid argument. Whether or not either of those things happen, Markstrom's contract is Markstrom's contract. He had a year left on his deal, why couldn't they wait and see if he's legit?

Because that's not how the world works. You don't get to make the same deal after seeing what you have, if they waited then Markstrom would demand more because he would look more like a NHL starting goalie. That's why they signed him now, there's a little risk, but if he can maintain his play, it's worth signing him. If last season was a fluke then Markstrom is an overpaid back-up, but I don't think it is and most don't think last season was a fluke.

And, "this buys time for this prospect" is actually one of the reasons Benning make the deal. All GMs take into account when prospects will be ready for the NHL. All GMs do it and it's actually pretty basic when you negotiate with your players.

Good deal for Canucks, cheap deal for a goalie that will be starting in the league very soon and a bridge for Demko.

 

[quat]

Lmao at people ripping this deal.
Yes it's a overpayment, but so what? What else are we gonna do? Resign Miller?
Rush Demko?

Ripping? Seems like most are saying it's an over payment, which it is.

"What are we doing to do?" Perhaps sign him to a lower figure contract? It's likely not going to be much of an issue, as I'm confident Markstrom will be worth the money, but it's certainly more than he's earned. Not a huge deal, but again Benning hasn't proven he's very good at getting the best value with these kinds of contracts.

 

[Captain Bowie]

That is a bad overpayment currently ,, If Markstrom doesn't work out then they will have a very costly untradeable backup

We're not gonna be a contender in the next couple years, so either he plays to or above his contract and great, we have a nice asset to do with what we need, or he will suck and help us get closer to high draft picks. And having him as a 1b or backup to Demko is the last year of his contract is no big deal, as Demko will be on a cheap contract anyways.

There is literally nothing wrong with this contract, or at least not in a way that is going to hurt us in any significant way.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

"So-and-so will be off the books"... or...."this buys time for this prospect" is such a stupid argument. Whether or not either of those things happen, Markstrom's contract is Markstrom's contract. He had a year left on his deal, why couldn't they wait and see if he's legit?

Because he is and will.
Waiting til next year to extend him will require much more $$

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Anaheim defense is not that good is my point. Gibson is a lot better than Markström and gets $1.3M less.

Gibson is an RFA. The two contracts simply aren't comparable. He'll be getting his big contract soon enough.

 

[Jonas1235]

is he better than Raanta?

 

[Patch101]

Lets see how the new equipment effects him as a goalie.
He's quite often the example people use.

 

[Animal]

no he isnt.

he plays behind a contender. or should i said did hahaha

If you actually think Markstrom is better than Anderson then I don't know what to tell you.

Wasn't Markstrom on waivers a year ago? Now after 32 games of average NHL level goaltending he's better than Anderson?

 

[CherryToke]

Anaheim defense is not that good is my point. Gibson is a lot better than Markström and gets $1.3M less.

top 5 in shots against and #1 in goals against. that was all Gibson though right?

 

[King In The North]

no he isnt.

he plays behind a contender. or should i said did hahaha

Playing behind a contender doesn't always mean anything. Ie Anton Khudobin.

Frederick Anderson is miles, miles better than Markstrom.

 

[Zaddy91]

Anaheim defense is not that good is my point. Gibson is a lot better than Markström and gets $1.3M less.
I'm guessing the $1.3M is the Benningment as that has been true since he started as GM.

i would trade vancouvers entire defense for lindolm and fowler if we can keep juolevi.

what a joke

 

[Breakers]

Lets see how the new equipment effects him as a goalie.
He's quite often the example people use.

Ahh NO That's Ryan Miller

 

[BonMorrison]

Did anyone else think the OP tweet was a gif of Benning face-palming or smiling evilly or something but then realized it was actually serious?

 

[Animal]

Because that's not how the world works. You don't get to make the same deal after seeing what you have, if they waited then Markstrom would demand more because he would look more like a NHL starting goalie. That's why they signed him now, there's a little risk, but if he can maintain his play, it's worth signing him. If last season was a fluke then Markstrom is an overpaid back-up, but I don't think it is and most don't think last season was a fluke.

And, "this buys time for this prospect" is actually one of the reasons Benning make the deal. All GMs take into account when prospects will be ready for the NHL. All GMs do it and it's actually pretty basic when you negotiate with your players.

Good deal for Canucks, cheap deal for a goalie that will be starting in the league very soon and a bridge for Demko.

Seems like a lot of faith to be putting into Demko. Goalies are extremely unpredictable. Markstrom is a perfect example. A few years ago he was considered the best goalie prospect in the NHL, higher regarded than Demko

 

[crowi]

i would trade vancouvers entire defense for lindolm and fowler if we can keep juolevi.

what a joke

"not that good" >>> "terrible mess"

Markström did nothing to justify this deal. It's the definition of overpayment. Deal with it.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

What exactly has he done to earn this contract?

He isn't Ryan Miller ,, That seems to be only defense

 

[BlueDream]

Wow, the Canucks are just...Yikes.

This makes Jake Allen's deal look very good.

 

[Zaddy91]

He isn't Ryan Miller ,, That seems to be only defense

played like an elite goalie on the 28th place team?

stats mean a lot with luca sbisa in ur top 4 loooooooooo^9l

 

[skyo]

Meh. He's tracking to be a decent starter, and looked pretty good last year behind an atrocious team.

Probably about 500k more than he should have gotten, but he's a stop-gap for Demko so I wouldn't lose much sleep over it.

Yup then a combo of markstrom/demko cap hit in 2017/18/19 will be a combined $4.6M per.

 

[quat]

THIS

Another truly terrible deal by Benning.

It's not a good deal, but it's certainly not a "truly terrible deal". Markstrom is a good player and will likely be worth what he's paid. What makes the deal weak, is there was no real pressure to pay him this much money.