Edited Mar. 31, 2021 at 5:54 p.m.
Quoting: justaBoss
Bit too much for a goalie with 60 game experience if you ask me, but for the sake of Nucks I hope he proves me wrong.
Could be a lot worse though.
Quoting: Wqrrior
Benning gets a lot of hate, but he is very competent in regards to RFA signings. This is a very reassuring start to a difficult contractual offseason. Continue to keep him away from July 1st and you have a good GM running this team.
Quoting: A_Habs_fan
Good deal, a bit high of an AAV for now but he’ll quickly be worth it
Quoting: justaBoss
We shall see.
Quoting: Tarlam01
It's not really what I would call a discount but yeah. Demko will be a stud for VAN. Not a bad contract but not cheap. Love from MTL VAN fans
Quoting: KingLundqvist30
This is a good deal if he continues to play well, happy for Vancouver.
Quoting: TheNorthStar
This deal has a lot of upside, especially if he plays consistently like the goalie we saw in the playoffs.
Quoting: VijayPatel11
In true capfriendly fashion, demko is going to be bad because the general base here likes his deal, and binnington is going to be insane because the general base here hates his deal
See: Wilson + Skjei deals on the same day
Quoting: aadoyle
agreed he could flop next season like Bobrosky did when he got his 10mill
still created some quality memes so im good
Quoting: Radovan
This is very very risky. Goalies are voodoo, could be next Gibson, could be next Murray.
Quoting: RKLW
Definitely a steal, figured it was going to be a bit more.... now onto the other 2... Petty and Hughes.
Quoting: Kotkaniemi15
Holy discount! Demko sure took a lot less to help out the team. Now here’s hoping that they use their extra cap space wisely.
Kotkaniemi are you pranking us right now?
Here are some recent comparables:
$5,000,000 x 5 years (age 25) | after 60 NHL games | career
0.911 SV% | 2.90 GAA |
Thatcher Demko
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$1,300,000 x 1 years (age 25) | after 60 NHL games | career
0.911 SV% | 2.90 GAA |
Linus Ullmark
$1,500,000 x 3 years (age 24) | after 50 NHL games | career
0.924 SV% | 2.40 GAA |
Juuse Saros
$1,600,000 x 2 years (age 26) | after 40 NHL games | career
0.928 SV% | 2.30 GAA |
Jack Campbell
$2,400,000 x 2 years (age 24) | after 80 NHL games | career
0.913 SV% | 2.80 GAA |
Alex Georgiev
$2,800,000 x 3 years (age 24) | after 70 NHL games | career
0.916 SV% | 2.70 GAA |
Mack Blackwood
And here's a guy who actually deserved Demko's contract:
$5,000,000 x 5 years (age 25) | after --60 NHL games | career
0.911 SV% | 2.90 GAA |
Thatcher Demko
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$5,000,000 x 5 years (age 28) | after 300 NHL games | career
0.919 SV% | 2.70 GAA |
Robin Lehner (career totals)
$5,000,000 x 5 years (age 28) | after --80 NHL games | career
0.925 SV% | 2.40 GAA |
Robin Lehner (prior 2 years)
Lehner played 5 times more NHL games than Demko has.
Lehner had a FAR better save percentage than Demko has.
Lehner was also a UFA even though he was still quite young.
Pettersson and Hughes are 100% loving this deal, and Benning just lost all his leverage in those negotiations.
And this is just such an unnecessary risk for a goalie with 60 games played, especially for a capped out team.
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