Rumor: Wild signing Goligoski to an extension

[AKL]

HF Wild absolutely requires a scapegoat to exist, and with Rask and Benn banished its slim pickings to find actual bad players. Goligoski is old and doesn’t play at nearly the same pace or physicality as the rest of the team so his mistakes are always under a microscope.

He's also just nowhere near as good as his stat line indicates.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

He's also just nowhere near as good as his stat line indicates.

True, but this contract is way below what his stat line would normally get.

 

[AKL]

True, but this contract is way below what his stat line would normally get.

Yeah, in a vacuum 2M for Goligoski is okay, but I don't see how it makes sense in our situation.

 

[UnleashRasmus]

Based on stats is it a decent cap hit and term. Sure. Does it signal the end of current players under 30 on the team. Possibly. Dumba has to be perplexed by this. However, it might be best for him to get a shot in the arm elsewhere.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Those 3 years with Parise and Suter are painful for the Wilds
They barely have money to sign Fiala and Dumba

 

[Bazeek]

True, but this contract is way below what his stat line would normally get.

$2m isn't a bad cap hit, even if I'm not a fan of the player. 2 years isn't ideal for a player his age, but he's not pushing 40 yet, either.

Mostly I don't like how he fits on the roster. I don't like him in the top-4 and the team already has two defenders under contract that I think work better on the bottom-pairing. If they plan to extend Middleton (and I'd hope they do, but you never know) there isn't a place to put Goligoski where I wouldn't rather see a different player.

 

[Joseph Nathan]

Those 3 years with Parise and Suter are painful for the Wilds
They barely have money to sign Fiala and Dumba

It's been reported that Guerin doesn't want to keep fiala.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

It's been reported that Guerin doesn't want to keep fiala.

I guess the good option was to sign 2 years for Goglioski

 

[CupInSIX]

I just want more signings to see where Weekes tweets from next.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Aren't they right up against the cap for next year already?

Yup, that's why they paid him 5m this year. Basically a 3x3m FA signing but with an artificially low cap hit for the last two seasons.

 

[ref19]

Great little hometown discount.

 

[seafoam]

Curious to know if the extra 32M in cap league wide was a motivation behind the extension or not.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Weekes delivering flowers on the side?

 

[CanadienShark]

I feel like he was nearing retirement like 10 years ago. Forgot he was still around.

 

[Sota Popinski]

Underrated smart move by the wild here given their cap situation in the coming seasons.

Sign him for 1 year at big money while they could afford it then they’re now giving him an extension at a lesser cap hit.

They turned a 3 year 9 million dollar deal into 2 separate deals where cap is higher in the short term but save them cap when they need it.

But if more teams do this to try to circumvent the cap, it could be a problem in the future.

Lol @ "try to circumvent the cap"

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

If it's really a 2-year contract, it will be a 35+ contract.

 

[Leafs87]

His ability to hang on to his career is only matched by his ability to hang onto his hair

 

[SpaceCoyote]

Wasn't he a healthy scratch the last two games?

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Nice. Goligoski is a solid defenseman.

 

[KingsHockey24]

People bashing on a player who is a +34?

This seems like a great deal.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

People bashing on a player who is a +34?

This seems like a great deal.

Well, +/- isn't the best statistic to measure a player's worth.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

People bashing on a player who is a +34?

This seems like a great deal.

Wild are a really good team (mostly) who don't have a lot of guys to pick on. Fans will always find someone, and usually the guy who's a little bit slower is the best target.

 

[Jerkbait]

If it's over 1m aav I'm going to cry.

Better get the keenex ready

 

[orby]

Guerin, Fleury, Goligoski...the Wild are going all-in on the "guys from the 2009 Penguins" strategy. What's Miroslav Satan up to these days?