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Couture signs extension with SJ

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$8mil AAV for a 29-year old who's played at a 60-point pace for the past 3 seasons.
 
Seems like a lot but honestly if he makes it to the market I'm not sure he gets much less than that. Especially if he sells himself as a C.
 
Admittedly, I don't see him play very often, but I would have thought around $7m.

Obviously, SJ isn't fooling around with their aging core guys.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Seems like a lot but honestly if he makes it to the market I'm not sure he gets much less than that. Especially if he sells himself as a C.

Agreed. It's very close to what I would have expected him to get in the UFA market - especially if he has another 30+ goal season.
 
bustaheims said:
Nik the Trik said:
Seems like a lot but honestly if he makes it to the market I'm not sure he gets much less than that. Especially if he sells himself as a C.

Agreed. It's very close to what I would have expected him to get in the UFA market - especially if he has another 30+ goal season.

I guess Kadri is a steal at $4.5m then. 

 
Frank E said:
bustaheims said:
Nik the Trik said:
Seems like a lot but honestly if he makes it to the market I'm not sure he gets much less than that. Especially if he sells himself as a C.

Agreed. It's very close to what I would have expected him to get in the UFA market - especially if he has another 30+ goal season.

I guess Kadri is a steal at $4.5m then.

Umm... yeah.

Seems like an overpayment for Couture, if only by a million or so.
 
Frank E said:
I guess Kadri is a steal at $4.5m then.

Well, sure. The difference being that Couture is signing a UFA deal and he's coming off a year where he literally scored twice as many goals as Kadri did when he signed his deal.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Frank E said:
I guess Kadri is a steal at $4.5m then.

Well, sure. The difference being that Couture is signing a UFA deal and he's coming off a year where he literally scored twice as many goals as Kadri did when he signed his deal.

No doubt, but I was just referring to their current performance.  Kadri has scored a total of 5 more goals than Couture in the past 2 years combined.
 
Frank E said:
No doubt, but I was just referring to their current performance.  Kadri has scored a total of 5 more goals than Couture in the past 2 years combined.

Sure. The Leafs are getting pretty good value from Kadri right now. Both deals are pretty fair reflections of the markets for when they signed though.
 

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