Rumor: Zach Hyman is signing in Edmonton - Done deal per James Mirtle

[The CyNick]

....for about 3 years
...when Hyman is healthy

Oilers need to do whatever they can to keep McDavid happy as long as possible. Even if the deal looks bad in 4-5 years, it's worth it if McDavid remains happy in Edmonton for the rest of his contract.

 

[mapleleafs34]

So does this mean we get a pick from EDM?

 

[ACC1224]

Good for Hyman. Glad it’s the Oilers and not the Leafs

 

[kb]

Cares about winning so much he is going to Edmonton

Cares about winning so much he is asking for way too much for too long

I mean.....this is poetry.

 

[ToneDog]

Oilers need to do whatever they can to keep McDavid happy as long as possible. Even if the deal looks bad in 4-5 years, it's worth it if McDavid remains happy in Edmonton for the rest of his contract.

What are we doing to keep Matty happy ?

 

[Aus34Matt]

I’m guessing he will be replaced with another one of Dubas’s league minimum players

Well we all know Dubas has no clue how to negotiate/re-negotiate a contract unless he's feeling generous.. so yeah.

 

[Mr Knies Guy]

eh

He's not a rush player. Any smart GM would toss any numbers about him on the rush in the garbage. His job is to be hard on the boards and come out with the puck. It's up to McDavid to finish or score on the rush.

Very curious to see who the Leafs acquire to replace what he does.

ehh, not sure they can reasonably do that, he's a pretty unique player and we had a fantastic value for a few years. I can't think of any UFA we can grab that is so strong on the boards.... obviously would love Landeskog but can't imagine we're gonna toss 9m at him.

 

[Macallan18]

Good luck to Hyman, he played hard for us.
He will look fine with McDavid.
Glad we did not make this overpayment.

 

[SprDaVE]

8 years and hardly any money savings for a 1 legged player is very very risky. I hope he's healthy.

I like Hyman as much as the next person but good lord... that is so some serious desperation to get him signed.

 

[GoonieFace]

Hilarious that Dubas sticks to his guns and doesn't over pay Hyman on a too long of a deal and he still doesn't get credit.

People on this board are clearly just picking a side and it's BS.

Call it like it is, he made a good decision here.

Call him out on bad decisions and good decisions. It's total BS to take every good decision and crap on it.

It’s not a decision when he has no decision to make. When he has had options on contract negotiations, he has failed miserably

 

[OilersCoffeeArtBeer]

I dont think it will be much. Like maybe a 3rd if we're lucky. More likely a b grade prospect

A 6th round pick.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

what might the fallout be for your hardest working player to leave ?

 

[Mess]

Passing on a deal like this makes sense, but nobody should be rejoicing that Hyman is leaving.

Leafs are going to feel his loss, because he is the straw that drives the Leafs compete Bus and not through his words but his actions.

 

[Brad C]

I dont think it will be much. Like maybe a 3rd if we're lucky. More likely a b grade prospect

So it's not going to be McDavid

 

[diehardleafsfan9878]

What are we doing to keep Matty happy ?

Pretty sure they're paying Bieber to hang out with him.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Really good call to move on given the contract demands and a nice job if Dubas can manage to get an asset back in a sign and trade

 

[Deebo]

It’s not a decision when he has no decision to make. When he has had options on contract negotiations, he has failed miserably

He could have made the decision to pay Hyman 5M, Hyman would have probably signed if it was offered here. Instead he gives his 5M UFA contracts to players like Brodie.

 

[Deebo]

This seems like the kind of deal Lou would have signed.

 

[BertCorbeau]

I think Hyman would work best with Draisaitl TBH

 

[ToneDog]

Pretty sure they're paying Bieber to hang out with him.

The Bieb can skate. Maybe we put him on the wing to replace Hyman.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

What an albatross of a contract that is going to be. Reading the EDM boards is good for a laugh. A lot of them are doom and gloom but then there are those that are trying to rationalize this praying it won't be Clarkson 2.0. Getting a pick out of this would be the icing on the cake.

Brutal deal.

 

[diehardleafsfan9878]

The Bieb can skate. Maybe we put him on the wing to replace Hyman.

He might have better hands than hyman as well, but he would be way to afraid to even be within 5 feet of the puck.

 

[Burnie97]

And I posted in the other free agent thread but I can't believe leafs were entertaining 8 years. Dubas does some good stuff but that would of been a terrible contract. I don't give a shit if it was only 4 even... you can't give that guy 8 years.

 

[SprDaVE]

And I posted in the other free agent thread but I can't believe leafs were entertaining 8 years. Dubas does some good stuff but that would of been a terrible contract. I don't give a shit if it was only 4 even... you can't give that guy 8 years.

I think it was under 4M --- probably closer to 3.5M. I think it's fine going super long-term if the cap hit is significantly low... but Oilers gave him around 2M more per year. I don't blame Hyman here.

 

[stickty111]

Leafs are going to be so soft when the season starts in 2 and a half months

I rather be soft then be stuck with an awful contract.