elvis15 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Gardiner re-signs: Chris Johnston @reporterchris Jake Gardiner has signed a $20.25M, five-year extension with the #leafs. Gives him a $4.05M AAV. A little more detail: Gettin’ paid: Gardiner inks five-year, $20.25M extension with Leafs Toronto has capped off a flurry of recent deals with a big one. On Tuesday, the Leafs signed RFA defenseman Jake Gardinerto a five-year, $20.25 million deal, according to Sportsnet. The deal comes after an impressive campaign in which Gardiner posted career highs in goals (10) and points (31), all while averaging over 21 minutes per night in his third season as a Maple Leaf. The deal also represents a big financial reward for the 24-year-old. Gardiner gets a significant pay bump and will earn $4.05M annually with his new contract, making him Toronto’s second highest-paid blueliner — behind captain Dion Phaneuf, who makes $7M per year — and one of just two Maple Leaf rearguards to be signed past 2018 (Phaneuf’s the other). It’s also a pretty dramatic turn of events considering that, roughly 16 months ago, the #FreeJakeGardinerhashtag/meme was a thing. Remember? Gardiner was toiling with the AHL Marlies — he’d only end up playing a grand total of 12 regular season games for the Leafs that year — when his agent decided to take his beefs to Twitter, leading to Randy Carlyle offering the Randy Carlyl-est of responses: “When we feel it’s time for Jake Gardiner to come back we’re going to make that decision, and we’re not going to be influenced by anybody other than the people that are doing the assessing.” Gardiner proved his doubters wrong that postseason, though, scoring five points in six playoff games in Toronto’s opening-round loss to Boston. He’s been a regular fixture in the lineup ever since, and now looks to be one of the cornerstones for the future. As mentioned above, the deal caps off what’s been a busy period in Toronto. The Leafs have come to terms with a pair of their own free agents — Cody Franson and James Reimer — and inked veteran forwards David Booth and Daniel Winnik to one-year pacts. $4M plus for him over the next 5 years, time will tell if that's a good price or not. I think that puts them under pressure for the cap (actually over) so we'll have to see if they make some moves with all the forwards they have available considering they still need likely one or two more D signed still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Solid deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Pretty good deal, hes on the upswing of his career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I heard he struggled for parts of last year. Any Leafs' fans liking this deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 That's what I was hearing, things weren't quite so rosy as when they first brought him in. Who knows if that's a symptom of the team or his actual ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsiders Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solinar Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 As long as there isn't a NTC in the contract, should prove good. The kid has some definate skills. I'd definately trade raymond, ballard and a 2nd for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Mike Halford @HalfordPHT #NoLongerFreeJakeGardiner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robongo Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I'd be happy with this deal if I were a Leafs fan. Might be a bit overpaid right now, but they are buying ufa years and banking on him breaking out and becoming a 50 pt defenceman. I believe by year three this will be a very good contract . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 No bridge, but if he continues to play like he is this contract will be a steal. Look at what Niskanen got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Awesome deal. Really happy about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 A little more detail: Gettin’ paid: Gardiner inks five-year, $20.25M extension with Leafs Toronto has capped off a flurry of recent deals with a big one. On Tuesday, the Leafs signed RFA defenseman Jake Gardinerto a five-year, $20.25 million deal, according to Sportsnet. The deal comes after an impressive campaign in which Gardiner posted career highs in goals (10) and points (31), all while averaging over 21 minutes per night in his third season as a Maple Leaf. The deal also represents a big financial reward for the 24-year-old. Gardiner gets a significant pay bump and will earn $4.05M annually with his new contract, making him Toronto’s second highest-paid blueliner — behind captain Dion Phaneuf, who makes $7M per year — and one of just two Maple Leaf rearguards to be signed past 2018 (Phaneuf’s the other). It’s also a pretty dramatic turn of events considering that, roughly 16 months ago, the #FreeJakeGardinerhashtag/meme was a thing. Remember? Gardiner was toiling with the AHL Marlies — he’d only end up playing a grand total of 12 regular season games for the Leafs that year — when his agent decided to take his beefs to Twitter, leading to Randy Carlyle offering the Randy Carlyl-est of responses: “When we feel it’s time for Jake Gardiner to come back we’re going to make that decision, and we’re not going to be influenced by anybody other than the people that are doing the assessing.” Gardiner proved his doubters wrong that postseason, though, scoring five points in six playoff games in Toronto’s opening-round loss to Boston. He’s been a regular fixture in the lineup ever since, and now looks to be one of the cornerstones for the future. As mentioned above, the deal caps off what’s been a busy period in Toronto. The Leafs have come to terms with a pair of their own free agents — Cody Franson and James Reimer — and inked veteran forwards David Booth and Daniel Winnik to one-year pacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Any movement or trade clauses? And what does this do for Toronto cap wise moving forward? Can't get on cap geek but it seems They've gotta be tight to it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Apparently it only takes 30 points from an offensive defenseman to command 20 million contracts nowadays. This is signature Leafs. This time last year his coach didn't think he was ready to play defense at the NHL level. What an unpredictable franchise.....player agent's dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Awesome contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I probably would have bridged him at around $3.5mil per as there's some holes in his game, but at least there's no NTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Any movement or trade clauses? And what does this do for Toronto cap wise moving forward? Can't get on cap geek but it seems They've gotta be tight to it now They had ~$3M in space before the signing. 17 forwards, 5 defencemen and 2 goalies on the roster, add in Gardiner now for 6 defencemen and ~$1M over the cap. Apparently it only takes 30 points from an offensive defenseman to command 20 million contracts nowadays. This is signature Leafs. This time last year his coach didn't think he was ready to play defense at the NHL level. What an unpredictable franchise.....player agent's dream. Basically. He made good strides last year, but suddenly he's their second highest paid defenceman and they're over the cap with players yet to sign and an incomplete roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Cap-schmap, Nonis has got this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rypien37 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 How pissed off must Franson be seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 How pissed off must Franson be seeing this. Trade him to Vancouver. What hand is he? We'll take him anyway. Hansen and Markstrom should do it for Franson and a 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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