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NHL 2024/25 Official Discussion Thread (Current Champions: Florida Panthers)
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Panthers keep playoff MVP Bennett on 8-year deal
The Panthers signed Conn Smythe winner Sam Bennett to an eight-year extension worth $64 million on Friday night, hours before the start of the NHL draft.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Pretty good deal…with the cap going up.Panthers keep playoff MVP Bennett on 8-year deal
The Panthers signed Conn Smythe winner Sam Bennett to an eight-year extension worth $64 million on Friday night, hours before the start of the NHL draft.www.espn.com
Hopefully his body holds up. $8 mil for a 50 point guy needs to not have too much of a production dip
LSLS
Well-Known Member
Yeah, that's the part that's lost with him. People are obsessed with him right now, but he's never been that good outside of these playoffs, so he doesn't have room to fall much. The Marchand and Eckblad contracts are absolute disasters though.
I don't know, my interest in the league has been falling recently. I'm so sick of hearing about taxes like it's much of anything, and the media won't lay off it cause God forbid anyone doesn't want to play for the most toxic franchise in sports in Toronto.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Welcome to overpayment season!!
My god…mitchy has 221 goals in 9 years and the casinos are gonna pay him $12 per
You do the math on that…
My god…mitchy has 221 goals in 9 years and the casinos are gonna pay him $12 per
You do the math on that…
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Cup winners always overpay to keep the band together…and it always falls in on itself
The nature of the beast. Cost of doing business.
Having watched every second of that twice (I’m lucky…91-93 and 16-18)…pretty sure how this one will work out too.
Just too much to ask.
LSLS
Well-Known Member
Yeah, but he's not a goal guy, he's a setup guy. He's like 4th all time on the Maple Leafs in assists, and the highest ppg player. And that doesn't include how good he is defensively. Overpayment is the INSANE deal Provorov just got. I swear, Columbus can change GMs all they want, but they always end up with the worst free agent deals on July 1.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They’re all overpaid on 7/1
But yeah…that provorov deal shocked me too
Sweet Jesus nhl GMs are really dumb. They basically prove that post concussion syndrome is debilitating day in and out
And by the way…it’s the leafs…don’t be too impressed. But at least now mitchy gets both sides of the “American two headed monster” with eichel
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Vegas Disney Fan
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Most hockey people I’ve talked to here in Vegas feel like we got a deal, guarantee a couple of teams would have happily paid him $14m a year had he gone to free agency.
We knew we didn’t have the team last year to take out Edmonton and advance, now we should. All I know is I like our odds of winning another Cup in the next 5 years a whole lot better today than a did a week ago.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Sometimes this site needs a thumb down emoji
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Edmonton should have been swept by Florida…just saying
For 35+ years…the western (Campbell) conference has been the most overrated year in and out of any pro sport conference
Just saying
Hughes signs 7-year, $63 million Devils contract
The New Jersey Devils have signed a $63 million, seven-year contract with 22-year-old defenseman Luke Hughes.
Wild ink Kaprizov to largest contract in NHL history
The Wild have signed left wing Kirill Kaprizov to an NHL-record eight-year, $136 million contract extension through the 2033-34 season.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Personally I think that’s a bad deal…but we’ll see
Lots of fireworks over the next year with McJesus going to auction
LSLS
Well-Known Member
It's really bad. He's 17.5% of the cap this year. McDavid when he signed last was 15%. Mathews was also like 15%, and MacKinnon was like 12 or 13%. Kucherov like 11%.
McDavid I keep thinking back to the report that he wanted to go to a team that started with "T" and it wasn't Toronto. A line of McDavid/Kucherov/Point is the most insane thing I've heard.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Really i never understand why there isn’t a line of pro athletes starting at the orange stand on the I-95 welcome center waiting to get in?
Why wouldn’t you want a spot in the sun in a tax shelter?
Vegas Disney Fan
Well-Known Member
I was shocked at the dollar amount also, his points per game is one of the top in the league but he’s very injury prone.
If he can stay healthy and maintain his PPG it’s going to age well, if he misses 20+ games a year and his stats diminish as he ages this has the potential to join the “worst NHL contracts ever” list.
Had they settled on $12-14 million a year with his stats I think most people would still find it high, but reasonable, $3 million a year more than Draisatl is absolutely insane though.
Has me worried about what McDavid, Eichel, etc are going to cost when their contracts are up after this season.
If he can stay healthy and maintain his PPG it’s going to age well, if he misses 20+ games a year and his stats diminish as he ages this has the potential to join the “worst NHL contracts ever” list.
Had they settled on $12-14 million a year with his stats I think most people would still find it high, but reasonable, $3 million a year more than Draisatl is absolutely insane though.
Has me worried about what McDavid, Eichel, etc are going to cost when their contracts are up after this season.
LSLS
Well-Known Member
Cause they pay a ton of accountants to make sure it's not a big deal. Austin Mathews pays less taxes than anyone on the Panthers does because he takes all his money as a signing bonus in AZ. I'll bet money Kaprizov has a condo somewhere that all his money is going to as well (he's all signing bonus). And sponsors/owners make up more money. When Toronto was trying to sign Stamkos, they had their top 5 sponsors meet with him and guarantee to at least double his salary every year with endorsements.