Ilya Mikheyev Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Just now, Bure_Pavel said: The difference is Jannik Hansen's career earnings are less than the value of this 4 year contract. the difference is Mikheyev paced for 33 goals last year, is an offensive play driver (played mostly with Kampf and Engvall last year, 15 or so mins per game), and his assists and point total is likely to go up with decent linemates next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakuRaku Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 What a breath of fresh air!!!! Today we are bagging a bunch of players who can really play!!! Last summer, we just brought in a bunch of BC home boys but mostly just good for AHL level... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcheeze86 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 we trying to put an all russian line together? age is good speed is great not the greatest way to spend ur cap money tbh will see whats next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Just now, Teemu Selänne said: the difference is Mikheyev paced for 33 goals last year, is an offensive play driver (played mostly with Kampf and Engvall last year, 15 or so mins per game), and his assists and point total is likely to go up with decent linemates next year. Its just a lot of hypotheticals, for a 19 million dollar contract. He will play better with more minutes is not always the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locke Lamora Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said: The difference is Jannik Hansen's career earnings are less than the value of this 4 year contract. Inflation’s a bitch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Bure_Pavel said: Its just a lot of hypotheticals, for a 19 million dollar contract. He will play better with more minutes is not always the case. even if he paces at last year's goal total and PK contributions, it's a pretty great signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogs & Podz Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said: The difference is Jannik Hansen's career earnings are less than the value of this 4 year contract. Yah, a decade difference in the market. Money is a bad comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 He was the leafs version of Mason Raymond until this season. Then he finally found some finish on his breakaway attempts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, Chris12345 said: Yea he's 5'7 tops. I watched him next to Debrincat and he was 1 or 2 inches shorter. He's tiny and an erratic playmaker. Not sure where he fits. Smaller players like him usually need above playmaking skills which I think he lacks. Thus not finding a good fit in the lineup. Good player though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Teemu Selänne said: even if he paces at last year's goal total and PK contributions, it's a pretty great signing. People said similar things after the Poolman signing minus the production. I'm a big believer that big money should not be spent on bottom pair Dmen or bottom six forwards. Management doesnt seem confident he will be a staple in the top 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Drunken Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Topcheeze86 said: we trying to put an all russian line together? age is good speed is great not the greatest way to spend ur cap money tbh will see whats next They aren't done, trades coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said: Management: We don't have any cap to improve the defense this year. Management: We will not make deals for the sake of making deals. Also Management: We have signed a middle six forward for 4.75 million with term. That cheddar could have bought a lot of much needed depth. What other depth do we need? Fourth line winger and pressbox player? We have too many top 9 guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said: People said similar things after the Poolman signing minus the production. I'm a big believer that big money should not be spent on bottom pair Dmen or bottom six forwards. Management doesnt seem confident he will be a staple in the top 6. He will. His speed and size is something the top six is desperately needing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said: Its just a lot of hypotheticals, for a 19 million dollar contract. He will play better with more minutes is not always the case. Any signing can be deemed as "hypothetical". Sign a player who had only a good last year? It's hypothecal that he can take that next step this year. Sign a player for cheaper who's been down on his luck lately? It's hypothetical that he can turn it around this year. Sign a player who's played well most of his career? It's hypnothetical that player can keep that pace here. Even players on the current roster, we don't know how they'll play next season. Maybe Miller gets traded and his lack of presence makes us bad. It's all hypothetical. Then there's the fact that when signing a free agent, there's up to 31 other teams potentially in the mix to sign that free agent. There's competition and the dollar amount's going to be higher than normal. The only solution if you don't want this dollar amount, is to just not sign free agents. Let's just not sign any free agents. Let's not provide any reason for a player to choose here over somewhere else. You want the perfect contract for this guy? It's not going to happen in free agency. If you think it will you're living in some fantasy world that doesn't exist dude. lol When that does happen with players, we obviously should be celebrating, but to expect it is just not realistic. Edited July 13, 2022 by The Lock 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Nice! Pretty clear there's some trades to move out F's coming though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noble 6 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Love the player, question the contract. Mikheyev is a forechecking monster and an absolute speed demon who is not afraid to get physical. I think he would be a great fit as Pettersson's winger but his utility allows him to play a 3rd line checking role effectively as well. Really, he's the type of player who plays a simple, hard game and really could play anywhere with us. He was used pretty much exclusively on a matchup 3rd line in Toronto this past year and excelled. In the Playoffs he was great, pushing play into Tampa territory and being a nightmare for their defensemen while being responsible defensively. I think Mikheyev is Podkolzin with a higher RPM but less awareness, a great utility player. Mikheyev, Podkolzin and Kuzmenko now represent Russia on the Canucks after Podkolzin was isolated last year. The contract in isolation makes sense considering Mikheyev is coming off of a 21 goal, 32 point season in 53 games (a 32 goal, 49 point pace over 82 games) with 4 points in 7 Playoff games, but the Canucks have to be looking at another move. We already had enough top-9 wingers before this signing, so something has to give. Plus we need a 3C unless the team is running Dickinson in that spot next year, which would not be ideal. If we move out one of Pearson or Dickinson then the cap works out, but with no improvements on defense. The added area of concern is that Mikheyev has consistently had health problems, missing considerable time in two out of his three NHL seasons. We need to see the effect that this contract has on the overall team as a result of the cap. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Drunken Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ilduce39 said: Can’t wait for Benning and Weisbrod to dramatically rip off their Rutherford / Allvin masks. No we'd definitely know already, there's would be 4th liners and fringe NHL'ers being signed to $2.5 and $3 million dollar per year contracts. Edited July 13, 2022 by Harold Drunken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Harold Drunken said: 32 points in 53 games. Leafs best player in the playoffs too. Guy is a gamer. Leafs will miss him greatly. More responsibility put on Tavares, Nylander and Matthews to play without the puck. This guy is going to be fantastic with us. Fastest player in the league, and plays super without the puck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Horvat is a Boss said: Love the player, question the contract. This about sums up the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Very good signing !! just what we need and only likely a tad overpaid if he stays static in production. . . We gotta see a F traded for a D tho at this rate surely. This is all out available cap gone now right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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