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

[Cor]

Tom Wilson averages 7 goals per season

 

[DearDiary]

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

Solid deal? Wilson was an RFA. If he was on the open market, you think he'd get ~6.5 to 7 million?

 

[skyo]

I just want in on this thread because I know it's about to be crazy aha.

 

[DoobieDubas]

Overpaid by 1.5-1.75mil and long term for his style of player.

Beauty in the playoffs and a team warrior but like everyone else stating not a great contract.

- A leafs fan

 

[A4T1L6]

Hey look we now officially have the worst contract in the league

 

[WesMcCauley]

For what he has done so far in his career, thats an absolutely awful contract... Atleast this is his prime years but wtf what an overpayment...

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Wtf? That’s insane.

 

[izzy]

what

 

[Deedog99]

Insane. He would have signed for half that.

 

[Starat327]

 

[KingsHockey24]

Fantastic signing.




jk.

 

[Bobby Digital]

Giving big contracts to a players who overachieve during a long playoff run almost never work out.

Bad, bad contract.

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

I can’t believe that dollar amount. f***ing yikes.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

The term doesn't bother me as much as the cap hit. He just turned 24 a few months back so this contract runs out when he's 30 so you'll get him through his prime. The cap hit is insane though for a role player. His career high is 35 points. He's never going to be a 50-60 point player.

I don’t know man the term is pretty shocking.......I don’t know what’s worse either. Both are bad

 

[Dack]

His career high is 38 points and it's his only season with over 30.

 

[sandybridge]

Hey look we now officially have the worst contract in the league

Well, just when the Orpik contract comes off the books, Washington again goes after the title of the worst contract.

 

[DearDiary]

He would have easily gotten that or more in the open market. Fair deal

So you're saying it's a bad deal then. If Wilson would have got 5 million as a UFA like you're arguing, then the Caps overpaid him by paying an RFA a UFA rate.

 

[Puckstop40]

Tom Wilson has a really good agent.

 

[Fire Benning]

Giving big contracts to a players who overachieve during a long playoff run almost never work out.

Bad, bad contract.

bryan bickell syndrome

 

[Juicy Pop]

Beleskey can't skate or defend like Tom can.

And that's why he was stapled to Kesler on a shutdown line, right?

 

[Smelling Salt]

I don't even know which WTF meme to use on this one

 

[Novacain]

... I mean, maybe he finally clicked and becomes a legitimate 2nd liner?

Most likely not, but maybe?

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Will be a very solid contract once the cap is up to 120 mill in 10 years.

 

[pspot]

David Clarkson

 

[Fataldogg]

And he was an RFA too, wasnt he? They had negotiating leverage on him. And he still earned a 6 year / $5.17M contract.

He was good in the playoffs, but he simply does not produce enough, especially in the regular season, to warrant that salary. How would he have produced in the playoffs if he didn't play with Kuznetsov or Ovechkin?