Confirmed with Link: Zib Extension; 8 years, $8.5M per

[IDvsEGO]

Trouba's AAV is too damn high
but that was my opinion since they day he signed the contract. He's a good soldier but more like at the 5.75M AAV

And yet if you look around the league at ufa deals for rhd recently Trouba looks like a f***ing steal.

 

[Daves a mess]

I'm not the biggest Mika fan but what did people expect him to get or what his worth is? 7 millionx7-8? LOL.
It really doesn't matter anymore because anything we give to players is perceived as overpayment. We can give Fox 8X8 and people will say its way too much money.

My thing is "that" center ice collision like Pat LaFontaine or an elbow like Marc Savard caught and its forever hot tubs and diaper changes in Gothenburg for Mika.

 

[NYSPORTS]

I don’t worry about paying good players. I certainly don’t worry about the cap 6 7 8 years from now. Life’s too short. And neither do NHL gms by the way

didn’t realize Trouba was that good

 

[NYRKING30]

Ralph Macchio says no

Screw that fish stick fan

 

[Edge]

Lots of people I think are still lagging behind on the fact that salaries for long term deals have increased by 25%-33% over the last 3 years. Duchene at $8M, Seguin at $9.85M, Backstrom at $9.2M. The days of 6X6 for top 6 UFAs Fs are gone

Hockey is like everything else, the prices keep going up and sometimes it’s easy to have a figure in your mind that doesn’t really exist anymore.

It’s kind of like eating out. People stop for fast food and they are surprised at the cost of a combo.

They remember a time when a combo cost $5, and the $10 price point was closer to the cost of takeout from a local cafe or restaurant.

Fast forward several years and the fast food combo is $10 and the next tier up is closer to $15-$20.

 

[Daves a mess]

Screw that fish stick fan

Careful. He may "Miyagi Flying Crane" your ass.

 

[Machinehead]

I love the main boards. They pretend every Cup winner doesn't have multiple awful contracts.

Stamkos is nobody at 5v5. The Lightning are paying him what we're going to be paying Zibanejad.

And with 5'8" McDavid on meth Brayden Point falling from a tree one day, they didn't need him at all.

They dragged that anchor to two Cups. f*** -and I cannot stress this enough- that salary cap. Just have good players. Hockey is easy.

 

[duhmetreE]

I love the main boards. They pretend every Cup winner doesn't have multiple awful contracts.

Stamkos is nobody at 5v5. The Lightning are paying him what we're going to be paying Zibanejad.

And with 5'8" McDavid on meth Brayden Point falling from a tree one day, they didn't need him at all.

They dragged that anchor to two Cups. f*** -and I cannot stress this enough- that salary cap. Just have good players. Hockey is easy.

to be fair, major injuries have affected Stamkos. He's not the same player he once was.

IF, God forbid, Zibs fractures his tibia and blows out his knees, we'll be doing cartwheels for Stamkos type of production

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Yeah, this contract is never getting bought out. There's no cap relief with all those signing bonuses.

 

[Machinehead]

Yeah, this contract is never getting bought out. There's no cap relief with all those signing bonuses.

So we'll just do Zibanejad and a 2nd to Arizona for a 7th.

 

[RagFinMet]

Stopped punching the wall over my fins loss and finally got the news..
Great signing
No way we could lose him for nothing
Im wondering if that huge slump he had last season brought his price down
Lets hope he never has a slump like last year again..
Put the C on him?

 

[duhmetreE]

Yeah, this contract is never getting bought out. There's no cap relief with all those signing bonuses.

Does he have residence in a no state tax state?

 

[SML2]

Mika is the heart of this group. He's probably the most liked guy in the room. If they had gotten into an ugly negotiation it would have been a very ugly situation. Glad he is staying.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I'm happy to see the idea of "worry about the back end of the deal at the back end of the deal" is an approach gaining steam with a lot of people. I think that's the way to go, and it's the right approach in a league with a cap that many teams are constantly up against. You gotta keep your guys when you can, and then the good teams will find a way to deal with the "bad years" when they actually come up.

Not that I think the Staal trade was some masterstroke in dealing, but it was at least a step in the right direction. It showed the team was starting to understand that there are ways, other than buyouts, to get rid of undesirable contracts.

I mean it’s a pretty low risk position to take on the day the contract is signed.

I’m sure NHL execs do think this way per @Edge comment. It makes sense...what is the shelf life of the average GM / exec? 3 years? 5? CEOs do similar things for similar reasons. As a fan I have a longer investment horizon.

 

[DialUp]

I mean it’s a pretty low risk position to take on the day the contract is signed.

I’m sure NHL execs do think this way per @Edge comment. It makes sense...what is the shelf life of the average GM / exec? 3 years? 5? CEOs do similar things for similar reasons. As a fan I have a longer investment horizon.

This line of thinking is literally how the entire world is ran, company/government wise.

 

[Fitzy]

If Joe Sakic can score a 100 points as a 37 year old Mika can at least score 55.

 

[bernmeister]

to be fair, major injuries have affected Stamkos. He's not the same player he once was.

IF, God forbid, Zibs fractures his tibia and blows out his knees, we'll be doing cartwheels for Stamkos type of production

THIS is why my preference was to overpay in salary short term and avoid long term commitment, which if he's still kicking it 33-ish, we could have gone year to year.

$ is not everything. It is more to some, less to others.
We know know Zib was willing to take less if we gave him max term, and he didn't give us a choice b'c at 8-8.5, it pays to keep not trade him as rental.

 

[Rangerboy030]

So we'll just do Zibanejad and a 2nd to Arizona for a 7th.

$1m in actual salary + $8.5m in cap hit sound like Eugene Melnyk's wet dream.

 

[Synergy27]

I’m happy regardless because is essentially a home grown legit first line center. And yes, I’m calling him home grown because he became what he is while here - we didn’t drag him in as a mercenary.

I am ECSTATIC if this puts and end to the Eichel talk. Keep that problem as far away from this team as possible.

 

[Machinehead]

If Joe Sakic can score a 100 points as a 37 year old Mika can at least score 55.

Goals? Yes.

 

[kovazub94]

Had to chuckle every time I read this and that poster who said they like AAV but didn’t like term. Do you realize one doesn’t come without the other? It’s basically a $68m deal. You wanted 7 years - it would automatically make AAV $9.5 or so. 6 years? We’d be talking over $10m. Simple

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

If Joe Sakic can score a 100 points as a 37 year old Mika can at least score 55.

Depends on if you see Mika as closer to Sakic or Brad Richards.

 

[Daves a mess]

Depends on if you see Mika as closer to Sakic or Brad Richards.

Mika Zibanibrad

 

[RangerBlues]

I approve, 100%!

 

[Fitzy]

Depends on if you see Mika as closer to Sakic or Brad Richards.

Yup, or really anywhere in between