Confirmed with Link: Weekesbomb: Palat to NJ for five-year deal

[BananaGenetics]

Can you read numbers man? He’s been a 20 goal 55 point player over the last 3 seasons. You pulled those numbers outta nowhere.

It’s longer than ideal but it shouldn’t restrict us much over the next 3-4 years and worse case it isn’t a bad buyout in 4 years.

He hasnt scored 50 since 2017. He wont be playing a full 82 often if ever for the rest of his career, considering he never has minus 81 one year.

Hes a 45pt player. I dont much care what a model says or what his pace is, hes 31 not 21.

 

[Unknown Caller]

bold prediction for all yall - palat will have career high pts w our top line

No he won’t. He played with Kucherov and Stamkos mid dynasty.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

If we get 3 solid years out of him I do not give 1 shit about having to dump him. He’s actually good at most of the stuff that we suck at as a team. Oh the horror of signing a deal that Dom’s for shit model says is no good. Check what Dom’s model said about Jack’s deal on the day it was signed.

 

[Hisch13r]

I get the outrage to an extent. But when people start making claims like Fitzgerald is a bad GM or we are ruining the team etc, thats when Im out

Its not a good deal but its not a bad deal either. It wont affect our future contention but I also dont think itll do help much to make the playoffs either. That still lies in the hands of the kids (which is what I wanted to address via trade)

How is it not a bad deal when you’re strapping yourself to a 31 year old for 5 years and he’s not even worth the cap hit he’s making in year 1 and you say he isn’t even going to do much to help us now. That’s plain as day awful

 

[devilsblood]

If we were a sure fire playoff team id love this, but we’re probably still another year or two away. This contract won’t look good if we’re 7th in the Metro again.

But Fitz is clearly making moves that promote us above "7th in the metro" level.

 

[Devils090]

bold prediction for all yall - palat will have career high pts w our top line

Do you know who he played with in Tampa? Lol

 

[Deen]

Tampa fans seem to think 6M is a good number for him. They would know better than any of us would.

Contract is fine, just the situation MAY be wrong.

 

[Eggtimer]

You can’t classify it as that because we were rumored in on him last night. He was always plan B and so was this deal.

Interested in him is one thing. Panic if is when you offer him way too much money AND too much term.
Usually you overpay on one or the other l not on both like we did here.
Very shitty job by Fitz today with signings. Other stuff , yeaaaah for him but his signings were dog shit.

 

[Blackjack]

Says the bubble kid who was begging for us to sign Tatar.

Tatar’s contract is over at the end of this season. They whiffed but didn’t cripple themselves. This is a whole other level.

 

[Devils090]

But Fitz is clearly making moves that promote us above "7th in the metro" level.

Well we’re still probably 7th in the Metro thanks to Johnny Ohio

 

[Edmonton East]

Just a hilarious contract considering what was given out TODAY to Strome, Trocheck, and Copp....all who play a premium position and are younger....with more production. All cheaper.....

Like the player. Smart signing....if contracts are irrelevant. Which they aren't...despite what many of you seem to think.

A small overpay is fine, it's Free Agency after all. A horrid overpay is bad for a multitude of reasons, even if you can afford it.

 

[RSeen]

Holy, this is an awful contract. No surprise - figured there was a strong chance of this type of an error.

 

[NjDevsRR]

How is it not a bad deal when you’re strapping yourself to a 31 year old for 5 years and he’s not even worth the cap hit he’s making in year 1 and you say he isn’t even going to do much to help us now. That’s plain as day awful

He’s absolutely worth 6 million for 22-23

Tampa fans are good with that number

 

[SKNJD9]

DId the buyout calculator, if we buy him out going into the 5th yr

2026-27 ( 5th yr ) 2m cap hit
2027-2028 ( added on yr ) 2m cap

 

[Blackjack]

Contract is fine, just the situation MAY be wrong.

Contract is not fine. Contract sucks.

 

[OmNomNom]

Do you know who he played with in Tampa? Lol

i stand by my bold claim

 

[Comparison Ford]

Well we’re still probably 7th in the Metro thanks to Johnny Ohio

yeah i agree with this and i think the moves we made today were actually pretty good.

don’t see us doing that well this year

 

[Captain3rdLine]

He hasnt scored 50 since 2017. He wont be playing a full 82 often if ever for the rest of his career, considering he never has minus 81 one year.

Hes a 45pt player. I dont much care what a model says or what his pace is, hes 31 not 21.

lol you don’t care about his pace even though no one played more than 56 in the previous season. He put up 46 points in 55 games due to the pandemic and you seriously gonna act like that means he’s a 45 point guy lol.
Put up 49 this season in 77. Even if you don’t care about the pace he’s closer to 50 than 40 or 45.

 

[Hisch13r]

If we get 3 solid years out of him I do not give 1 shit about having to dump him. He’s actually good at most of the stuff that we suck at as a team. Oh the horror of signing a deal that Dom’s for shit model says is no good. Check what Dom’s model said about Jack’s deal on the day it was signed.

lol Imagine thinking the model being bad for Jack means it being bad for Palat is relevant. Jack was a 20 year old with immense potential who showed everything but production. Palat is a 31 year old who has already shown his best and has a long track record and still isn’t worth the deal in the short term even though he’s been getting propped up being in one of the best situations in the league riding shotgun to the leagues elite

 

[RememberTheName]

I think Palat is a good fit alongside Jack Hughes.

Also, we were missing our Czech winger now that Zacha is gone. Gotta pay a premium to get that back.

 

[SKNJD9]

Flyers,Isles,Flames,Ducks + others were all in on Palat per Pagnotta

 

[devilsblood]

This is clearly a bad deal.

But it's a relatively small bad deal that says "I want to win now".

This is a message sender type deal. And I think Fitz knows Palat is a message sender type of player. I don't watch TB a ton, but he was very good in the playoffs.

 

[Oneiro]

I see why Fitz did it.

[paraphrasing]
Zajac: "It's a young room..."
Wood: "I think we were actually a little too young..."
Hughes: "This isn't the group we're going to win with..."
Hamilton: "We have to instill some of what I was around in Carolina..."
Fitz: [spends 5 min of year end presser talking about goaltending and the next 25 about attention to detail and habits]

I don't think it's justified unless you really believe the cap will accelerate meaningfully. And to be fair, I think a lot of these tough RFA negotiations are about precisely that.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Contract is not fine. Contract sucks.

Well I am convinced

 

[Derps]

There’s definitely risk that he falls off a cliff very quickly. I think that should at least be acknowledged. These really are the type of deals that can go bad fast.

If he can get through 3 years at his current play, then great, he served his purpose. Can move him at that point with a pick. This team needed to get better. They need to start winning. They couldn’t go into next season with what they had.