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1 minute ago, iinatcc said:

How about 8 years for 3 mil / year?

I hope you are not being serious.

The best we can hope for is the Canucks sign him to a 3 year bridge deal and then re-sign him to an 8 year contract. That way we will have him locked up for the next 11 years until he is 33.

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1 minute ago, Rick Blight said:

I hope you are not being serious.

The best we can hope for is the Canucks sign him to a 3 year bridge deal and then re-sign him to an 8 year contract. That way we will have him locked up for the next 11 years until he is 33.

It really depends on canucks future cap. 

It's not just about term, we want to be able to afford a team.. If canucks could get bo at 8 years for 3/year, we'd take that an run.  

 

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1 minute ago, ForsbergTheGreat said:

It really depends on canucks future cap. 

It's not just about term, we want to be able to afford a team.. If canucks could get bo at 8 years for 3/year, we'd take that an run.  

 

You don't seriously think there is even a remote possibility that they could get him for $3M a year though. I really doubt that Bo's contract is going to handcuff the Canucks in terms of being able to manage their salary cap.

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42 minutes ago, Rick Blight said:

You don't seriously think there is even a remote possibility that they could get him for $3M a year though. I really doubt that Bo's contract is going to handcuff the Canucks in terms of being able to manage their salary cap.

No, i really doubt he goes for 3. but cap hit and reasonable term is more important than only worrying about maxing out his term.

 

What's more valuable to you?

8 years locked up at 5.3/year

of

3 years at 4.5/year and then 8 years at 10/year

 

Winning teams need to have impact players signed below market value, this happens by gambling long term.  If we lock Bo up at 5.3 for 8 years.  In years 4-8 we are going to have a steal of a contract.  

 

 

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22 minutes ago, ForsbergTheGreat said:

Winning teams need to have impact players signed below market value, this happens by gambling long term.  If we lock Bo up at 5.3 for 8 years.  In years 4-8 we are going to have a steal of a contract.  

Maybe. And maybe not.

 

The guys who have signed multi-year deals in the $5-5.5 range for the last year have almost all proven a lot more than Horvat:

 

chat.svgMika Zibanejad alert.svg 24 C, RW New York Rangers July 25, 2017 Standard 5 $26,750,000 $5,350,000
chat.svgTomas Tatar 26 LW, RW Detroit Red Wings July 21, 2017 Standard 4 $21,200,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgColton Parayko 24 D St. Louis Blues July 20, 2017 Standard 5 $27,500,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgOndrej Palat 26 LW Tampa Bay Lightning July 14, 2017 Standard 5 $26,500,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgJaccob Slavin 23 D Carolina Hurricanes July 12, 2017 Standard 7 $37,100,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgTyler Johnson 26 C Tampa Bay Lightning July 10, 2017 Standard 7 $35,000,000 $5,000,000
chat.svgDmitry Orlov 25 D Washington Capitals June 30, 2017 Standard 6 $30,600,000 $5,100,000
chat.svgJonathan Drouin 22 LW Montreal Canadiens June 15, 2017 Standard 6 $33,000,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgHampus Lindholm 22 D Anaheim Ducks October 27, 2016 Standard 6 $31,500,000 $5,250,000
chat.svgRasmus Ristolainen 21 D Buffalo Sabres October 11, 2016 Standard 6 $32,400,000 $5,400,000
chat.svgTyson Barrie 25 D Colorado Avalanche July 31, 2016 Standard 4 $22,000,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgMike Hoffman 26 LW, C Ottawa Senators July 27, 2016 Standard 4 $20,750,000 $5,187,500
chat.svgDanny DeKeyser 26 D Detroit Red Wings July 26, 2016 Standard 6 $30,000,000 $5,000,000
chat.svgBrayden Schenn 24 C, LW Philadelphia Flyers July 25, 2016 Standard 4 $20,500,000 $5,125,000
chat.svgJaden Schwartz 24 LW St. Louis Blues July 15, 2016 Standard 5 $26,750,000 $5,350,000

 

Some of those deals are already steals. But Horvat isn't in the same league yet as Palat, Parayko, Johnson, Lindholm, etc. And it's not an absolute that he ever gets to that level either. So why should we pay him at the rate established for better players? What if he just ends up an average 2nd line center, like Jordan Staal? What if he gets some injury trouble, and regresses? Lots of gambles there...

 

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Just now, D-Money said:

Maybe. And maybe not.

 

The guys who have signed multi-year deals in the $5-5.5 range for the last year have all proven a lot more than Horvat:

chat.svgMika Zibanejad alert.svg 24 C, RW New York Rangers July 25, 2017 Standard 5 $26,750,000 $5,350,000
chat.svgTomas Tatar 26 LW, RW Detroit Red Wings July 21, 2017 Standard 4 $21,200,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgColton Parayko 24 D St. Louis Blues July 20, 2017 Standard 5 $27,500,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgOndrej Palat 26 LW Tampa Bay Lightning July 14, 2017 Standard 5 $26,500,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgJaccob Slavin 23 D Carolina Hurricanes July 12, 2017 Standard 7 $37,100,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgTyler Johnson 26 C Tampa Bay Lightning July 10, 2017 Standard 7 $35,000,000 $5,000,000
chat.svgDmitry Orlov 25 D Washington Capitals June 30, 2017 Standard 6 $30,600,000 $5,100,000
chat.svgJonathan Drouin 22 LW Montreal Canadiens June 15, 2017 Standard 6 $33,000,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgHampus Lindholm 22 D Anaheim Ducks October 27, 2016 Standard 6 $31,500,000 $5,250,000
chat.svgRasmus Ristolainen 21 D Buffalo Sabres October 11, 2016 Standard 6 $32,400,000 $5,400,000
chat.svgTyson Barrie 25 D Colorado Avalanche July 31, 2016 Standard 4 $22,000,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgMike Hoffman 26 LW, C Ottawa Senators July 27, 2016 Standard 4 $20,750,000 $5,187,500
chat.svgDanny DeKeyser 26 D Detroit Red Wings July 26, 2016 Standard 6 $30,000,000 $5,000,000
chat.svgBrayden Schenn 24 C, LW Philadelphia Flyers July 25, 2016 Standard 4 $20,500,000 $5,125,000
chat.svgJaden Schwartz 24 LW St. Louis Blues July 15, 2016 Standard 5 $26,750,000 $5,350,000

 

Some of those deals are already steals. But Horvat isn't in the same league yet as Palat, Parayko, Johnson, Lindholm, etc. And it's not an absolute that he ever gets to that level either. So why should we pay him at the rate established for better players? What if he just ends up an average 2nd line center, like Jordan Staal? What if he gets some injury trouble, and regresses? Lots of gambles there...

I"m assuming Bo continues his progression.  Like i said, getting players below market value long term is the key and that involves a gamble.

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1 hour ago, Rick Blight said:

I hope you are not being serious.

The best we can hope for is the Canucks sign him to a 3 year bridge deal and then re-sign him to an 8 year contract. That way we will have him locked up for the next 11 years until he is 33.

Well at the risk of sounding absurd that what I signed him at NHL 16 ;)

 

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15 minutes ago, D-Money said:

Maybe. And maybe not.

 

The guys who have signed multi-year deals in the $5-5.5 range for the last year have almost all proven a lot more than Horvat:

 

Some of those deals are already steals. But Horvat isn't in the same league yet as Palat, Parayko, Johnson, Lindholm, etc. And it's not an absolute that he ever gets to that level either. So why should we pay him at the rate established for better players? What if he just ends up an average 2nd line center, like Jordan Staal? What if he gets some injury trouble, and regresses? Lots of gambles there...

 

And of course those players have proven more, all those forwards are older.  . 

 

If you do a bridge deal and breaks out like Scheifele did last year. guess what, we are on the hook for a lot more money, which means less room to sign other talent on the team.  I'm confident enough to offer Bo 5.3 range long term and reap the benefits. 

 

Worst case scenario, he does turn into an average 2nd line center, guess what those players cost? 4.5-5 million.  So really worst case, we are slightly over paying a second line center, not much of a gamble if you ask me. But the reward could be huge. 

 

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I'd say the best comparables to Bo on that list are -

Zibanejad: Both play center, Ziba has proven more then Bo at the NHL level, but Bo is younger and has had better 1st three years then Ziba had.

Parayko: Not a center, but a D, both difficult positions to play. Both have finished the 1st three years of their ELC. Horvat lead the Canucks in goals and points (20G, 52P), wasn't lining up next to any superstars and was on one of the lower scoring teams in the league. Is also a good two-way player. Parayko has put up good numbers for a D, while fighting to get time on 1st pp unit against Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo. Both players have the potential to be cornerstone pieces of their teams in the next couple of years.

 

If Canucks are doing a long-term deal with Bo (anything 4 years or over) expecting us to sign him for less then $5million a year is beyond hopeful. Only way I see him getting less then that is on a 1-2 year bridge deal.

I'd be very happy if we could re-sign him for 5+ years at anywhere between $5-6million a year.

 

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All singing = 10x Horvat skill and so no to sign for anyth

52 minutes ago, D-Money said:

Maybe. And maybe not.

 

The guys who have signed multi-year deals in the $5-5.5 range for the last year have almost all proven a lot more than Horvat:

 

chat.svgMika Zibanejad alert.svg 24 C, RW New York Rangers July 25, 2017 Standard 5 $26,750,000 $5,350,000
chat.svgTomas Tatar 26 LW, RW Detroit Red Wings July 21, 2017 Standard 4 $21,200,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgColton Parayko 24 D St. Louis Blues July 20, 2017 Standard 5 $27,500,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgOndrej Palat 26 LW Tampa Bay Lightning July 14, 2017 Standard 5 $26,500,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgJaccob Slavin 23 D Carolina Hurricanes July 12, 2017 Standard 7 $37,100,000 $5,300,000
chat.svgTyler Johnson 26 C Tampa Bay Lightning July 10, 2017 Standard 7 $35,000,000 $5,000,000
chat.svgDmitry Orlov 25 D Washington Capitals June 30, 2017 Standard 6 $30,600,000 $5,100,000
chat.svgJonathan Drouin 22 LW Montreal Canadiens June 15, 2017 Standard 6 $33,000,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgHampus Lindholm 22 D Anaheim Ducks October 27, 2016 Standard 6 $31,500,000 $5,250,000
chat.svgRasmus Ristolainen 21 D Buffalo Sabres October 11, 2016 Standard 6 $32,400,000 $5,400,000
chat.svgTyson Barrie 25 D Colorado Avalanche July 31, 2016 Standard 4 $22,000,000 $5,500,000
chat.svgMike Hoffman 26 LW, C Ottawa Senators July 27, 2016 Standard 4 $20,750,000 $5,187,500
chat.svgDanny DeKeyser 26 D Detroit Red Wings July 26, 2016 Standard 6 $30,000,000 $5,000,000
chat.svgBrayden Schenn 24 C, LW Philadelphia Flyers July 25, 2016 Standard 4 $20,500,000 $5,125,000
chat.svgJaden Schwartz 24 LW St. Louis Blues July 15, 2016 Standard 5 $26,750,000 $5,350,000

 

Some of those deals are already steals. But Horvat isn't in the same league yet as Palat, Parayko, Johnson, Lindholm, etc. And it's not an absolute that he ever gets to that level either. So why should we pay him at the rate established for better players? What if he just ends up an average 2nd line center, like Jordan Staal? What if he gets some injury trouble, and regresses? Lots of gambles there...

 

Exact ^

 

Horvit has proved nothing to compare to the above superstars and would be ripping off Aqa taking more than 3M

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16 minutes ago, Ronaldoescobar said:

All singing = 10x Horvat skill and so no to sign for anyth

Exact ^

 

Horvit has proved nothing to compare to the above superstars and would be ripping off Aqa taking more than 3M

:huh:

 

...You know when you think you are making a good point, and someone wholeheartedly backs you up - but the quality of their post makes you want to rethink your original position?

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3 hours ago, pluralsight said:

That was in November. 8 months ago. 

So let me get this straight. You request a source. He gives you a source. And now you're saying it was 8 months ago seemingly implying that it's somehow expired even though it was during the season?

 

Did you even want a source to begin with? lol

 

If you have the source, please link it. All I see is an interview in November saying they want to sign him long term, but with the way things are going it definitely sounds like they've changed their stance. 

And where's your source that they've changed their stance then?....

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4 hours ago, D-Money said:

Mika has put up similar offense to what Horvat did last year for multiple years now. Plus his underlying numbers are significantly better.

 

Still think Horvat isn't worth more than $5 mil. If he's seeking more than that on a long term deal, I'd prefer a 2-year bridge deal around $4.5.

Don't forget about Bo's intangibles. He's undoubtedly the future captain and has become a huge source of motivation and inspiration for his teammates I'd guess. That has some sort of value for sure.

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57 minutes ago, Ronaldoescobar said:

All singing = 10x Horvat skill and so no to sign for anyth

Exact ^

 

Horvit has proved nothing to compare to the above superstars and would be ripping off Aqa taking more than 3M

err...superstars?

 

Ziba - Horvat has had a much, much better 1st three years of his career then Ziba had. Ziba is nowhere near a superstar, he was on pace for 55-ish points this season, while playing on 1st unit and having wings such as Kreider, Nash, Buchenvich, Hayes vs Baertschi, Hansen, Megna...

 

Tatar - Guy struggles to reach 50 points every year, isn't known for his two-way play and plays a position (wing) which is far easier to play and find players for. Next.

 

Parayko - Horvat hasn't proven anything? Exactly what has Paprika proven then? Both just finished their ELC's. Derp.

 

Palat - First guy who has proven a lot, far from superstar though. He signed a good deal that most people think is relatively fair to both parties...also a wing (Premium on centers and defense dontcha know)

 

Slavin - See; Parayko, Horvat. Finished ELC, arguably has proved less then either.

 

Johnson - Has he proven more then Horvat? Undoubtedly. Is he a superstar? No. Is Horvat trending in the right direction? Yes. Is Johnson? Many would argue no.

 

Drouin - Another player who completed his ELC. Has had personality/commitment issues. Plays wing and put up slightly more points then Horvat on a stacked Tampa offense.

 

Lindholm - Another ELC graduation. Very nice conract in terms of $$$ and term.

 

Ristolainen - First player on here whom you could argue is a superstar as of right now (or very very close to it) He had one really good year under him when Buffalo extended him, they took a risk, it's paid off very well so far. Sounds awfully similar to Horvat.

 

Schwartz/Schenn/Hoffman - Wouldn't call any of them superstars, all very good players, but for most part they are mostly 60-ish point players who are 2-4 years older then Horvat and all play an inferior position of winger.

 

Saying he would be ripping "us"? off is equivalent to saying all these players are ripping their teams off. If you honestly think Horvat is worth no more then $3million, go back to NHL16 and keep handing out those contracts champ.

 

 

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3 hours ago, pluralsight said:

Based on recent interviews with Linden and Benning, the Canucks prefer a short term deal. And considering it's taken this long to negotiate a contract, I would say Bo's camp is on the opposite end of the spectrum, aka the long term. 

that is my read of the situation as well

tracking this agent's record shows a trend towards longer term contracts for players in bo's position

the canucks have always appeared to want a bridge type deal with bo

and that would be done already if both sides wanted the bridge deal approach

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12 minutes ago, Glory_Days said:

err...superstars?

 

Ziba - Horvat has had a much, much better 1st three years of his career then Ziba had. Ziba is nowhere near a superstar, he was on pace for 55-ish points this season, while playing on 1st unit and having wings such as Kreider, Nash, Buchenvich, Hayes vs Baertschi, Hansen, Megna...

 

Tatar - Guy struggles to reach 50 points every year, isn't known for his two-way play and plays a position (wing) which is far easier to play and find players for. Next.

 

Parayko - Horvat hasn't proven anything? Exactly what has Paprika proven then? Both just finished their ELC's. Derp.

 

Palat - First guy who has proven a lot, far from superstar though. He signed a good deal that most people think is relatively fair to both parties...also a wing (Premium on centers and defense dontcha know)

 

Slavin - See; Parayko, Horvat. Finished ELC, arguably has proved less then either.

 

Johnson - Has he proven more then Horvat? Undoubtedly. Is he a superstar? No. Is Horvat trending in the right direction? Yes. Is Johnson? Many would argue no.

 

Drouin - Another player who completed his ELC. Has had personality/commitment issues. Plays wing and put up slightly more points then Horvat on a stacked Tampa offense.

 

Lindholm - Another ELC graduation. Very nice conract in terms of $$$ and term.

 

Ristolainen - First player on here whom you could argue is a superstar as of right now (or very very close to it) He had one really good year under him when Buffalo extended him, they took a risk, it's paid off very well so far. Sounds awfully similar to Horvat.

 

Schwartz/Schenn/Hoffman - Wouldn't call any of them superstars, all very good players, but for most part they are mostly 60-ish point players who are 2-4 years older then Horvat and all play an inferior position of winger.

 

Saying he would be ripping "us"? off is equivalent to saying all these players are ripping their teams off. If you honestly think Horvat is worth no more then $3million, go back to NHL16 and keep handing out those contracts champ.

 

 

Havent played NHL since my SNES wore out and couldnt play '94 multi player any more so I guess im not a champ either :( 

 

Who are you quoting with the "us" as im sure i said Aqa?

 

I guess I should have explained my motive after my reply... I  disagree that any of those players have proven "a lot" more than Horvat even when most of them have played longer as well. That said, i probably should have just come out and said it and that is my fault. 

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