Evander Kane re-signs with SJ [7 years, $7mil AAV]

[Kin]

Some reports on Twitter that the Sharks are going to bring back Evander Kane at 7m for 7 years.

If true JVR's eyeballs are probably just cartoon dollar signs right now.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Some reports on Twitter that the Sharks are going to bring back Evander Kane at 7m for 7 years.

Matt Cane's cap projection model had him signing a 4-year deal worth $7.3mil. But on a 7-year contract the model said his AAV would be $7.1mil.

#NailedIt

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Officially official now:

https://twitter.com/KKurzNHL/status/999663230279499776

I really can't wrap my head around this one. 54 points last year. 43 points in 70 games the season before that. 35 points in 65 games three seasons ago.

 

[Zee]

Officially official now:

https://twitter.com/KKurzNHL/status/999663230279499776

I really can't wrap my head around this one. 54 points last year. 43 points in 70 games the season before that. 35 points in 65 games three seasons ago.

After his ELC he signed a 6 year deal for what $5.25?  Nylander gonna get paid.

 

[bustaheims]

I really can't wrap my head around this one. 54 points last year. 43 points in 70 games the season before that. 35 points in 65 games three seasons ago.

When he's healthy, he's pretty good at putting the puck in the net. That's really all there is to it. It's old school thinking.

 

[wnc096]

I really can't wrap my head around this one. 54 points last year. 43 points in 70 games the season before that. 35 points in 65 games three seasons ago.

When he's healthy, he's pretty good at putting the puck in the net. That's really all there is to it. It's old school thinking.

San Jose is the 1st good team he's ever played on

 

[bustaheims]

San Jose is the 1st good team he's ever played on

That won't necessarily improve his performance. We have a very small sample size with him on the Sharks - not enough to really make any substantive claims from - and, playing on a better team also sometimes means getting less of the prime offensive opportunities. This contract could prove to be good value, but, based on past performance, it feels like a bit of an over-payment.

 

[cabber24]

Agreed... this guy had a good 30 game stretch at the right time. It could workout for SJS but I don't feel the contract was earned.

 

[wnc096]

San Jose is the 1st good team he's ever played on

That won't necessarily improve his performance. We have a very small sample size with him on the Sharks - not enough to really make any substantive claims from - and, playing on a better team also sometimes means getting less of the prime offensive opportunities. This contract could prove to be good value, but, based on past performance, it feels like a bit of an over-payment.

Its gonna be crazy when Dubas signs Tavares for 8M 

 

[herman]

It's a bit curious that they'd lock Kane in ahead of July 1 for only 7 years rather than 8 years, before they know what they might be able to swing for Tavares. They still have decisions to come for Thornton, Hertl, and Tierney, and maybe Couture and Pavelski extensions.

 

[Guilt Trip]

I think Thornton is gone or taking a huge cut in pay. They can still grab Tavares but they'll have to make some moves.

 

[Kin]

It's a bit curious that they'd lock Kane in ahead of July 1 for only 7 years rather than 8 years, before they know what they might be able to swing for Tavares. They still have decisions to come for Thornton, Hertl, and Tierney, and maybe Couture and Pavelski extensions.

Well, only if you assume they think of themselves as being in on Tavares in the first place

 

[herman]

It's a bit curious that they'd lock Kane in ahead of July 1 for only 7 years rather than 8 years, before they know what they might be able to swing for Tavares. They still have decisions to come for Thornton, Hertl, and Tierney, and maybe Couture and Pavelski extensions.

Well, only if you assume they think of themselves as being in on Tavares in the first place

I assumed they were. They were the sleeper suitor for Stamkos. Basically everyone should make room to take a swing.

Thornton is going to take the max of the leftover money for another 1 yr deal.

 

[bustaheims]

Hard to even find good comparables for this contract. Almost all of the forwards in the $7M per range are either coming off entry-level deals, guys who have dropped off at the tail end of multi-year contracts they signed when they were established, or guys who play C. The closest comparable is probably Bobby Ryan, and we all know how that has turned out.

 

[ZBBM]

Hard to even find good comparables for this contract. Almost all of the forwards in the $7M per range are either coming off entry-level deals, guys who have dropped off at the tail end of multi-year contracts they signed when they were established, or guys who play C. The closest comparable is probably Bobby Ryan, and we all know how that has turned out.

I dunno, I can think of one comparable in a general sense and like Nik said, there is a lot of chop licking going on in a certain Dutch American household in Middletown NJ right about now.

 

[bustaheims]

I dunno, I can think of one comparable in a general sense and like Nik said, there is a lot of chop licking going on in a certain Dutch American household in Middletown NJ right about now.

He's not exactly a contract comparable since he's without contract for next season.

 

[Kin]

I assumed they were. They were the sleeper suitor for Stamkos. Basically everyone should make room to take a swing.

Thornton is going to take the max of the leftover money for another 1 yr deal.

I generally have found that at this time of year it's good to not leap to the assumption that front offices don't know what they're doing when there's lots of stuff going on behind the scenes we don't know about. San Jose might know that despite whatever interest they have, it isn't mutual.

Which isn't to say teams don't make bad decisions, they do, but they have a better sense of their actual options too.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

I loved that episode as a kid!

 

[herman]

I generally have found that at this time of year it's good to not leap to the assumption that front offices don't know what they're doing when there's lots of stuff going on behind the scenes we don't know about. San Jose might know that despite whatever interest they have, it isn't mutual.

Which isn't to say teams don't make bad decisions, they do, but they have a better sense of their actual options too.

You're probably right, though I can't really tell what kosher avenue they have for knowing that. Tavares did have two years of a modified NTC (8 team list)...

I don't think they're completely hamstrung if they wanted him and Tavares was amenable.