Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] Tom Wilson (6 years, 5.17M AAV)

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

And only ROR rivals his all around game out of that group.

running around hitting people and getting suspended doesn't count as an all around game. his defensive metrics are poor

 

[Carlzner]

Where is this myth coming from that Wilson is somehow amazing defensively

Maybe the fact the plays PK#1 and is on the ice for at the end of games holding a 1 goal lead?

If you actually care, go watch his penalty killing late in game 6 against Tampa. He dominated.

 

[AuraSphere]

LOL...omg..

 

[Caps8112]

Even if Wilson goes out and puts up 50 points....that STILL doesn't change the fact that the Caps should've gotten him on a better deal.

Look at his stats...he had NO leverage.

His leverage was his playoffs. What was the other option?

 

[The Instigator]

Obviously it’s a big contract for what Tom Wilson has shown this far but you’re not gonna find many people who will hate it outright among Caps fans.

Tom Wilson is a one of a kind player, no matter what opposing fans want to say. Topped with the fact that he just put up 15 points in 21 playoff games and showed significant progression in his game, there’s no reason to be upset until given an actual reason to be.

 

[Carlzner]

running around hitting people and getting suspended doesn't count as an all around game. his defensive metrics are poor

Again, Wilson plays PK#1 and is always on the ice to hold a late 1 goal lead. His penalty killing against Tampa in game 6 holding onto a lead and needing a win was masterful, and just one example of his defensive effectiveness.

 

[McFlyingV]

Inaccurate

What's inaccurate?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

This is a deal they will regret

 

[JT Kreider]

if you think people have a problem with it because it's 5.1 and not 5 on the dot I don't even know what to say. For real?

Yes. I think people see the number 5 and....

 

[Empoleon8771]

Maybe the fact the plays PK#1 and is on the ice for at the end of games holding a 1 goal lead?

If you actually care, go watch his penalty killing late in game 6 against Tampa. He dominated.

Dan Bylsma put out Craig Adams and Tanner Glass regularly in the same roles. That doesn't mean they were good defensively. I wish people would stop saying penalty killers are good defensively because they kill penalties. It's like saying shot blockers are good defensively when they're not.

You can basically throw out any player in a PKing role, it's not indicative of someone's defensive abilities. It's why you always see depth players as PKers, you don't want to use your good players in those kind of roles.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Solid deal. Glad to have him locked up long term, he was a monster all playoffs long.

See you in a couple years complaining about that deal.

 

[CodeE]

 

[Juicy Pop]

People in this thread need to stop repeating this. I understand he got that contract off an unreal playoffs, but who saw him developing MS almost immediately after? We have no idea how it would have turned out if he had been healthy.

It's a still a Bickell-contract even if he lives up to it. The key point is a single playoff performance resulting in a massive overpay relative to the value of the vast majority of the player's ice time.

 

[Bure1096]

Lolololololol

 

[AKL]

Obviously it’s a big contract for what Tom Wilson has shown this far but you’re not gonna find many people who will hate it outright among Caps fans.

Tom Wilson is a one of a kind player, no matter what opposing fans want to say. Topped with the fact that he just put up 15 points in 21 playoff games and showed significant progression in his game, there’s no reason to be upset until given an actual reason to be.

You mean like a 30 point player getting 6 years at 5.17 per?

 

[Juicy Pop]

His leverage was his playoffs. What was the other option?

Tell him to stuff it because his sort is a dime a dozen?

 

[SharksCyclops]

It's really not that bad for the guy. He isn't a complete scrub like people make him out to be.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I don't see how he's different from say Calle Jarnkrok, who signed a 6 year $2 million deal.

 

[mrv52]

Happy that Wilson is locked up in Washington. It is a little bit of an overpayment short-term , but certainly don't want to see him on an opposing team.

 

[Tripod]

His leverage was his playoffs. What was the other option?

To not sign him to a bad deal?

And fwiw, I have said multiple times on my team board that I would love a Tom Wilson type. So I am no hater.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Holy shit that is one for the history books. What a bad contract

 

[go4hockey]

Great contract for the Wilson we seen in the playoffs. To bad he will very likely turn back into the role player he is.

 

[Breakers]

Stupid GM'ing is alive and well.

the Chicago Blackhawks laid out the blueprint perfectly.
1) identify and pay your core players
2) trade all your complementary and fringe players at a premium price.

 

[Canes]

Carolina, get ready to overpay for Michael Ferland in 2019

We would have had to overpay Lindholm as well. Also not having to pay Hanifin like a top pairing guy even though his play isn't even close to warranting that helps too.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It's really not that bad for the guy. He isn't a complete scrub like people make him out to be.

The issue here isn't that people think he's a scrub, the problem is that he's being paid like a 1st liner when he has 1 35 point season in his entire career.