What's better, this or planning the Stanley Cup parade in August? :lawl:

Not far off, they are talking 4.4 over 5 years.

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Jamie Benn's salivating over his next contract

so rumors that Sutter is going to sign a 5 year contract extension for a 4.4mill avg

if that's true, at least towards the end of that contract it'll hopefully be a good deal right
:badpokerface:

If he wants 5 years, it should be a cap hit under $4m. If he's okay with 3 years, then $4.4m isn't terrible...but holy shit, really? For a guy that's just...alright?

Still dont know why clendenning + 2nd was added... why wasnt it a straight up trade to help PITS cap hit with kessel

our future captain - Quality two-way center with a little upside.
http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/...layer.php?6053
bonino - Two-way center with some upside.
http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/...layer.php?6243

I would say a bonifide 2nd Liner should make 4.5-5.5 , but the market has him pegged around this.. Ie couturier. Don't have a problem much with it personally .. I wish it was less term but whatever only takes him into 31 if they do it.

too many people looking into advanced stats to determine their take on the deal. has semin not taught you anything?

So it looks like Sutter will be resigned for that amount later today or this weekend.

but how do they know if sutter will be a good fit for canucks?
like what if he just straight up sucks
shouldn't we wait..? lol

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Interesting write up from Quick.

hopefully there isn't an NMC or NTC with it
it'd suck if he busts after two years and we're stuck with paying a bottom six that kinda money

it's hard to judge all the moves/decisions that Benning has made without actually seeing the product on ice. (ie. Markstrom/Sutter/Baertschi/Bartkowski). Won't really know until at least January next year.

A Sutter deal like that reminds me of Kesler in a sense. I still remember going wtf when Nonis matched the Philly offer sheet for $1.9M after 10G 13A in 82GP in 05-06.
I was still going wtf when he scored 6G and 10A in 48GP during that contract but that was probably Nonis' smartest move besides fleecing Florida for Luongo.

Kesler was 21 when he signed that offersheet, though, plus the cap skyrocketed from $39M in '05-'06 to $44M in '06-'07, a whopping 12.8% increase. Equivalent to the cap going up by $9M next season.

Cause Benning would look like a massive idiot for making the trade then letting Sutter walk as a UFA after this season

He also did this with Sbisa when his contract was up and for some reason overpaid him for 3.6M :rukidding:

Is it the start of the season yet?

Nope. How bout dem jays

fuck the jays. Kappa

I love reading these articles... in depth and honest, and from a player's perspective.

Brandon Sutter 5-year contract extension; average annual value of $4.375M

Who would have seen that one coming Kappa

Changes in management office today as well.