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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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I like this kid, but damn, that's another overpay. Plus this kid seemed to be just in love with the team and group and should have been easy to get a discount out of. This is giving a blank cheque territory based on his actual performance.
Holloway at 2.3M was unacceptable to us a year ago.
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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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 welcometotheOC
Messages: 698
Registered: April 2010
Location: Also, sadly, Cowtown
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This doesn't start until next season - as percentage of cap it is not an overpay, especially if his offense is waking up (see last playoffs).
Even without that and a small offensive improvement it is fine.
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Kr55
Messages: 12064
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| welcometotheOC wrote on Tue, 23 September 2025 10:47 |
This doesn't start until next season - as percentage of cap it is not an overpay, especially if his offense is waking up (see last playoffs).
Even without that and a small offensive improvement it is fine.
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Forgot he's signed 1 more year. Also kinda odd we felt the need to rush this deal and just wipe away some of his incentive to perform this year. He was going to be RFA still next summer.
Right now, this is absolutely an overpay. Guy performed like a 4th liner most of the year, sometimes looking horribly lost. He was given some cherry ice time out of desperation and looked "OK" in those situations, but not at all like a guy that should be a regular in the top 6.
He seems popular in the room, and seems to have Drai treating him like he's his mentor. He really seems to have leveraged that to make us desperate to keep him, rather than us leveraging his comfort to get a discount or even fair market value from him on a multi-year deal.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Mike
Messages: 1887
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 23 September 2025 13:35 |
I like this kid, but damn, that's another overpay. Plus this kid seemed to be just in love with the team and group and should have been easy to get a discount out of. This is giving a blank cheque territory based on his actual performance.
Holloway at 2.3M was unacceptable to us a year ago.
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Pretty much all the thoughts that went through my head.
I like the kid. And the potential is certainly there for his contributions to increase. But it feels like we're always giving max term and dollars to fairly replaceable guys. Will be shocked if there's not some stupid NMC on it.
Anyway - I don't hate it. Certainly has the potential to pay off, but I can't imagine that's a whole lot less than the absolute max he could have hoped for.
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Kr55
Messages: 12064
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Mike wrote on Tue, 23 September 2025 11:07 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 23 September 2025 13:35 |
I like this kid, but damn, that's another overpay. Plus this kid seemed to be just in love with the team and group and should have been easy to get a discount out of. This is giving a blank cheque territory based on his actual performance.
Holloway at 2.3M was unacceptable to us a year ago.
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Pretty much all the thoughts that went through my head.
I like the kid. And the potential is certainly there for his contributions to increase. But it feels like we're always giving max term and dollars to fairly replaceable guys. Will be shocked if there's not some stupid NMC on it.
Anyway - I don't hate it. Certainly has the potential to pay off, but I can't imagine that's a whole lot less than the absolute max he could have hoped for.
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Will be nice if he lives up to that deal.
Guess file it along with Frederic and Nurse.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 5359
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
5 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 23 September 2025 10:13 |
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Will be nice if he lives up to that deal.
Guess file it along with Frederic and Nurse.
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..woa.. maybe along side the Freddy file.. but Nurse? .. thats another filing cabinet.. in an underground vault! 
Pods would have been RFA next year.. but had arb rights.. if he had a decent season I think he'd get a lot with the cap going up.. fingers crossed.
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