SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

Redwings9999

Redwings Fan 9999
Member Since
Jun. 1, 2018
Favourite Team
Detroit Red Wings
2nd Favourite Team
Washington Capitals
Forum Posts
12
Posts per Day
0.0
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 12, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
Thread: Detroit Red Wings signed Anthony Mantha (2 Years / $3,300,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>eamon4</b></div><div>Generally agree, great AAV, only point of concern would be the two year term. The short bridge will mean Mantha will be getting a big pay day sooner when he has arbitration rights (that would be my guess as to why the price is so team friendly). Wings won't be cup contenders in these two years to take advantage of the lower price. Still definitely happy to get him signed and have money to get Larkin signed too</div></div>

I agree that a perfect scenario would be to lock him up long term as he looks like a 30+ goal scorer. However, Mantha said at the end of the year that he only wanted a bridge deal so he can try raise his value before being locked in for the long term. I think this contract is great as it keeps Mantha an RFA when done, has a very favorable cap hit, and ends when the wings will have some of the other bad contracts (e.g. Ericsson, Daley, Green) coming off the books.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 2, 2018 at 10:29 a.m.
Thread: Another mediocre year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jfstompers</b></div><div>same old Kenny. all the love for the draft quickly dissipated as he spends money on a guy like vanek, with a ntc on a one year deal. Why does Kenny give everyone a ntc, its why were in this situation. I get green I even get bernier but I don't get vanek at all. id rather see rass or zadina get those minutes. Kenny doesn't understand what a rebuild is. there were a few younger forwards maybe still with upside he could have added instead of vanek. this should have been the year we let rass, zadina, svetchnikov , cholo, hicketts, hronek all play huge minutes and see what we have to go with mantha and larkin. who cares if we lose, the worst that happens is we get jack hughes. this team hasn't been good in years now and nothing about the operation has changed.</div></div>

Completely agree; I can live with the Green and Bernier signings as we can use some help on Defense and an NHL caliber goalie when Howard gets injured again. The Vanek signing is frustrating as it takes away a top 6 spot for either AA, Zadina, or Svech and a NTC along with the one year deal seems backwards as our best bet would be to deal him at the deadline. I understand Holland and Blashill wanting a competitive environment to avoid becoming an EDM or BUF but you have to have spots for the young guys to offer development.