Would you take Ekblad back at a "hometown" discount (4-5 million AAV)

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

They say when you see a game live you're struck by how fast the players are. Whoever said that never watched Ekblad. Lost in all the foot speed jokes, the offense has dried up as well. He had a golden scoring chance yesterday and shot it right at Levi. His legs are cooked and he's 28. I don't see how it improves? He wants to stay and I do wonder if he'd settled but it feels like a mid team good given him a blank check. Discuss.

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[WaitingForThatCab]

I voted yes, but only conditionally.

I think the term on the contract has to be lower than what we're seeing on other extensions, and the discount has to be real and appreciable. I remain a fan of the guy for having been a stalwart on this team for many years, but my concern about his deterioration is very real.

He's not scoring or making plays and his speed is becoming too much of a liability to see him taking the toughest minutes in the future. This isn't a knee-jerk reaction to three games, either, obviously. The offensive playmaking has steadily been getting worse to the point of being almost non-existent over the past couple of seasons.

 

[Gentle Man]

He's Willie Mitchell at this point

 

[KW]

No, time to move on

 

[Dr Beinfest]

I’d take him at less than that?

Love the guy, he has heart and he stayed committed to this shithole franchise when it was a shithole. This isn’t a “sell high” situation a la Huberdeau though. Bottom-6 defender gets bottom-6 money. Would happily extend a 6 year $20 million contract if if I was the GM. Of course… being 28, chances are someone offers him 6 years at $40 million.

 

[austropanther]

Ek with the Kuli contract conditions and we have a deal

 

[batting1k]

I voted no.

He has been consistently carried by his partner - Campbell, Weegar, and Forsling have all had to do the real work because he can’t skate. Throw in Matheson and Yandle who he spent time with too because of their skating ability. It’s widely known through several regimes that he can’t skate so I can’t imagine the rest is the league doesn’t see it as well. He hasn’t produced offensively since his rookie year.

I think a rebuilding team will pay him easily on the open market because he can be a good experienced leader but no serious contender will pay good money for him to play in their top-4.

Still can’t believe he did this:

 

[16Skippy]

I voted yes. I’m ok with that amount but it depends on the term.

We’ve got a whole season anyway to find out exactly how cooked he is.

 

[zeroG]

he's not cooked. i didn't see much of the game last night but he's been skating well, imo this year.

he was .5 ppg two years ago (throw last year out with the injuries...).

i think he's going to retire a panther. a wild guess would be 6x4.2M. i don't think you're going to find a better value than that for a 28yo stanley cup champion RD who's played top pair minutes his whole career.

 

[I am not exposed]

he's not cooked. i didn't see much of the game last night but he's been skating well, imo this year.

he was .5 ppg two years ago (throw last year out with the injuries...).

i think he's going to retire a panther. a wild guess would be 6x4.2M. i don't think you're going to find a better value than that for a 28yo stanley cup champion RD who's played top pair minutes his whole career.

Oh no you want to give him the dreaded Stanley Cup bump in pay.

 

[zeroG]

Oh no you want to give him the dreaded Stanley Cup bump in pay.

huh?