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Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 8, 2021 at 6:51 p.m.
Thread: Vancouver Canucks signed Tanner Pearson (3 Years / $3,250,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KSIxSKULLS</b></div><div>LMAO

Jim Benning does it again hahahaha</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LindyRuffRider</b></div><div>Jim loves his mediocre middle 6 guys.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CLR</b></div><div>Another bottom 6 player paid too much for VAN. Toffoli makes 4,25m$....</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Trickster</b></div><div>So which RFA is Vancouver losing cause this spells cap trouble .</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>doogiski</b></div><div>God damnit Jim, stop overvaluing the intangibles in ageing forwards.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>To play in Vancouver's bottom 6, the first digit of your cap hit must be 3.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Emoon</b></div><div>Why? He'll be pushed down by Hoglander and Podkolzin, good chance he ends up as another poor bottom 6 contract.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>faulkmydzingel</b></div><div>At least it wasn't 6 Million</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AndrewLadd</b></div><div>Tyler Toffoli makes like 1 mil more lol</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheNorthStar</b></div><div>You'd think Benning would learn after last offseason...</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_Habs_fan</b></div><div>I personally think it’s an okay deal Pearson is a good middle 6 player and it’s a good cap hit</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>yep, now lets wait for the Petterson for Manson trade lul</div></div>


<strong>Tanner Pearson</strong> ($3,250,000)

<strong>33</strong> Games Played
<strong>06</strong> Goals
<strong>05</strong> Assists
<strong>11</strong> Points
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<strong>14</strong> Goals / 82 Games
<strong>27</strong> Points / 82 Games



<strong>Tyler Toffoli</strong> ($4,250,000)

<strong>33</strong> Games Played
<strong>19</strong> Goals
<strong>11</strong> Assists
<strong>30</strong> Points
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<strong>47</strong> Goals / 82 Games
<strong>75</strong> Points / 82 Games
Forum: NHL SigningsMar. 31, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.
Thread: Vancouver Canucks signed Thatcher Demko (5 Years / $5,000,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justaBoss</b></div><div>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.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wqrrior</b></div><div>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.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_Habs_fan</b></div><div>Good deal, a bit high of an AAV for now but he’ll quickly be worth it</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justaBoss</b></div><div>We shall see.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tarlam01</b></div><div>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 :p</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KingLundqvist30</b></div><div>This is a good deal if he continues to play well, happy for Vancouver.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheNorthStar</b></div><div>This deal has a lot of upside, especially if he plays consistently like the goalie we saw in the playoffs.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>VijayPatel11</b></div><div>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</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>agreed he could flop next season like Bobrosky did when he got his 10mill


still created some quality memes so im good</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Radovan</b></div><div>This is very very risky. Goalies are voodoo, could be next Gibson, could be next Murray.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RKLW</b></div><div>Definitely a steal, figured it was going to be a bit more.... now onto the other 2... Petty and Hughes.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Kotkaniemi15</b></div><div><strong>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.</strong></div></div>


<strong>Kotkaniemi are you pranking us right now?</strong>


Here are some recent comparables:


<strong>$5,000,000</strong> x 5 years (age 25) | after 60 NHL games | career <strong>0.911 SV%</strong> | 2.90 GAA | <strong>Thatcher Demko</strong>
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<strong>$1,300,000</strong> x 1 years (age 25) | after 60 NHL games | career <strong>0.911 SV%</strong> | 2.90 GAA | <strong>Linus Ullmark</strong>
<strong>$1,500,000</strong> x 3 years (age 24) | after 50 NHL games | career <strong>0.924 SV%</strong> | 2.40 GAA | <strong>Juuse Saros</strong>
<strong>$1,600,000</strong> x 2 years (age 26) | after 40 NHL games | career <strong>0.928 SV%</strong> | 2.30 GAA | <strong>Jack Campbell</strong>
<strong>$2,400,000</strong> x 2 years (age 24) | after 80 NHL games | career <strong>0.913 SV%</strong> | 2.80 GAA | <strong>Alex Georgiev</strong>
<strong>$2,800,000</strong> x 3 years (age 24) | after 70 NHL games | career <strong>0.916 SV%</strong> | 2.70 GAA | <strong>Mack Blackwood</strong>


And here's a guy who actually deserved Demko's contract:


<strong>$5,000,000</strong> x 5 years (age 25) | after --60 NHL games | career <strong>0.911 SV%</strong> | 2.90 GAA | <strong>Thatcher Demko</strong>
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<strong>$5,000,000</strong> x 5 years (age 28) | after 300 NHL games | career <strong>0.919 SV%</strong> | 2.70 GAA | <strong>Robin Lehner </strong>(career totals)
<strong>$5,000,000</strong> x 5 years (age 28) | after --80 NHL games | career <strong>0.925 SV%</strong> | 2.40 GAA | <strong>Robin Lehner </strong>(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.


<strong>Pettersson and Hughes are 100% loving this deal, and Benning just lost all his leverage in those negotiations.</strong>
<strong>And this is just such an unnecessary risk for a goalie with 60 games played, especially for a capped out team.</strong>

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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 30, 2021 at 5:27 p.m.
Thread: Prospects
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheNorthStar</b></div><div>Although I do agree that the centre depth is there, I don't know if I'm really comfortable with any of them stepping up to the second line, in the event of one of Tavares/Matthews getting injured. Aside from that, you're right about LD, and I think we're definitely getting better at RD. But for the RW, can't Amirov also play RW, as well as guys like Hallander, Abramov, and Abruzze? I think we're set in the RW department, as well as LW.</div></div>

Absolutely, all those guys are 2-3 years away. Hallander and Holmberg look the closest but project to play the wing. SDA and Abramov look to have the highest ceiling skill wise, but lack the size you’d want in a top 6C. There’s definitely nobody in the organization that could replace Mathews or Tavares should anyone of them go down, but what organization does. Unless you draft one 1st overall.

My feeling is aside from Meittinen, there isn’t a true RW after him. Hopefully one of Gogolev, McKenna, Brazeau can fill in the gaps
Forum: NHL SigningsMar. 28, 2021 at 9:45 a.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens signed Cole Caufield (3 Years / $1,308,333 AAV)
Wow, the amount of hate for the habs is ridiculous here. Can fans not be excited for a prospect? No one was arguing about how good Zegras was when he signed. And yet when obvious steals like Caufield, Romanov, &amp; Höglander are signed, people start whining about how bad they are, just because they dislike the team or have a problem with the media. If you don’t like the media, don’t listen to/read it then. Yeah, I’m not a fan of the Leafs, but you’d never see me saying that Nick Robertson is a bust when he’s clearly a steal.

No one here is saying exactly what he’s going to do in the NHL, just that they’re excited to see Caufield play.

And no, Nick Robertson does not suck, so can everyone please stop trying to stir the pot and create more argument.