The only good part about this contract is I will never have to see another Nylander-Wilson AGM for the rest of my days

They hope would be that he becomes mcdavid level good and we win 5 cups. Imo / most realistically he gives us 3-4really good years 1/2 bad years and goes away for the last year or 2 of his deal.

does it still count against the cap if a player is suspended? because that might be washingtons best hope long term with this contract

The only good part about this contract is I will never have to see another Nylander-Wilson AGM for the rest of my days

Physicality does not equal success. The most physical teams last year were, in order, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Nashville, Philadelphia, New York Islanders and Arizona. Vegas was 14th.

They were 12th of the 16 playoff teams for hits/60 in the postseason.

I have no idea what Vegas' Cup win has to do with Tom Wilson. I don't see a connection.

By the time the deal expires, 6.5 million will be a standard 3rd liner contract.

Honestly, I would be more concerned that it is effectively buyout proof for the team holding it the last few seasons.

Will be fine throughout Ovi's competition window assuming Wilson doesn't completely fall off a cliff. After that? Might be a bit scuffed as the kids say.

I suspect the team knows this contract is not likely to age well, but they went for it anyway for a few reasons:

1) I’m not sure they’re on a path to contend for another cup before Ovechkin retires, but if that’s their goal, they need Wilson and would give him whatever it took to keep him from going to free agency, where he would be in high demand barring some disaster between now and then.

2) After Ovechkin retires, they’ll be starting a long rebuild, so they don’t care if they’re saddled with a bad contract then. Cap space in the early years of the contract is more important, so better to go long term with a lower AAV than what it would cost to sign him short term.

3) His recent injury history doesn’t concern them too much, because if things get worse he could qualify for LTIR, which would free them from this bad contract.

The thing I think they’re likely to regret most is the big signing bonuses in the last two years, which effectively eliminate the possibility of a buyout. This makes me think the team just rolled over and gave him whatever he asked for. It also tells me that even Wilson doesn’t think he’ll be worth anywhere near what they’ll be paying him by then. Otherwise he could potentially benefit from a buyout by signing another contract somewhere else that would pay him more than what he lost from the buyout.

Win for the players emergency assistance fund

in 2 years this is gonna be on every bad contract list on this site.

In 2 years this is going to be the new 5Mill...

im not sure i undestand what you mean.

Salary cap is only going up every year boss. 6 mill now is going to be the new 5 mill in a year or two. (If you don't understand cap space maybe this wont make sense in your head)

Wilsons value just went through the roof with this signing. Yes, I know he may only be a 45 point player but any playoff contender would love to have this guy in the lineup. Look what Jeannot got traded for and times that by 5 for Willy Boy if CAPS do decide to move him.

of course i understand cap is going up. i judt doubt that wilson is gonna be that productive 2-3 years down the road. wont be the first time something like that happens.

if you think team enjoy having that sort of wingers for that long when they are that old maybe there is something you dont understand. value went way way down. the thing is when caps are gonna be looking to move him he wont have that much value, and its gonna be because his production went down. its nore likely in my opinion Wilson is either bought out in 4 years or on LTIR tha playing on the caps.

jeannot is a bad exemple. he had this value cause he was a rfa making 800k on 1 year deal.

Should of looked and seen you were a habs fan earlier.. this conversation will not go anywhere lol. Goodluck this year.