Prime Minister Koivu Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 Juraj Slafkovsky extension, 8 years, AAV $7.6 million #Habs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted July 1, 2024 Author Share Posted July 1, 2024 Great contract to add to Suzuki and Caufield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Boagalott Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 Awesome news!! Now they need to get Arber signed ASAP!! I highly doubt he would sign a rfa offer sheet but I would imagine that numerous teams that have been trying to get him for a 1st rnd pick will try offering him one. If Arber did sign a rfa offer sheet Hughes will match but it would screw up their entire salary plan if they have to over pay him. It is vital they resign Arber vs matching an rfa offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 Add Demidov (hopefully) to a similar contract and we'll have about $31M tied up in our four top forwards from 2028. Hopefully the cap will be up to $90M or so by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted July 1, 2024 Author Share Posted July 1, 2024 Nick Suzuki: $7.875 million AAV until 2030. Cole Caufield: $7.850 million AAV until 2031. Juraj Slafkovsky: $7.60 million AAV until 2033. HuGo are building a strong core of young players for reasonable contracts. Habs are headed in a very positive direction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 As with any long term extension it carries some risk but I think it's a risk worth taking. Slaf had a great 2nd half of the year and with the cap going up it may look like great value in a couple years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 A quick write-up on the move: https://www.habsworld.net/2024/07/habs-sign-juraj-slafkovsky-to-an-eight-year-contract-extension/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 19 minutes ago, Sir_Boagalott said: Now they need to get Arber signed ASAP!! I highly doubt he would sign a rfa offer sheet but I would imagine that numerous teams that have been trying to get him for a 1st rnd pick will try offering him one. If Arber did sign a rfa offer sheet Hughes will match but it would screw up their entire salary plan if they have to over pay him. It is vital they resign Arber vs matching an rfa offer. I don't think there's much risk in Xhekaj signing an offer sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Boagalott Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 34 minutes ago, dlbalr said: I don't think there's much risk in Xhekaj signing an offer sheet. Neither do I but it just depends. Arber certainly loves the Habs and wants to stay but he loves his mom and dad more and wants to retire them ASAP. If a team wants him bad enough they could offer him enough $ that he can do that could tempt him into signing with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 16 minutes ago, Sir_Boagalott said: Neither do I but it just depends. Arber certainly loves the Habs and wants to stay but he loves his mom and dad more and wants to retire them ASAP. If a team wants him bad enough they could offer him enough $ that he can do that could tempt him into signing with them. Is it 'happy' cookie day today? Love to hear they locked Slafkovski up long term, smart or not i dont know, but i like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 1 hour ago, Sir_Boagalott said: Now they need to get Arber signed ASAP!! I highly doubt he would sign a rfa offer sheet but I would imagine that numerous teams that have been trying to get him for a 1st rnd pick will try offering him one. If Arber did sign a rfa offer sheet Hughes will match but it would screw up their entire salary plan if they have to over pay him. It is vital they resign Arber vs matching an rfa offer. Personally, I have serious doubts that teams were offering first round draft picks for a 16/minute per game defenceman ... he is incredibly popular with we Habs fans, but I also doubt anyone makes an offer that would screw up the cap for the Habs to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted July 1, 2024 Share Posted July 1, 2024 3 minutes ago, GHT120 said: Personally, I have serious doubts that teams were offering first round draft picks for a 16/minute per game defenceman ... he is incredibly popular with we Habs fans, but I also doubt anyone makes an offer that would screw up the cap for the Habs to match. A pick at the end of the first round is not unreasonable, it's likely only going to give you a chance at a second-pairing D whereas some might have greater confidence that Xhekaj would reach that level. But that's a $4.58M offer sheet, and that's really rather high for Xhekaj. You'd need to drop him down in the second year to a more reasonable contract but then you can't make a qualitying offer ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN Posted July 2, 2024 Share Posted July 2, 2024 5 hours ago, DON said: Is it 'happy' cookie day today? Love to hear they locked Slafkovski up long term, smart or not i dont know, but i like it. Smart? its genius. All indication point to this being a bargain contract as soon as next year! Slav was one of the best forwards in every game he played at the WC. He is going to blow up this season. Especially with big Kirby Dach taking some of the attention off of Slav. and for less than Cole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted July 3, 2024 Share Posted July 3, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:20 AM, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said: Smart? its genius. All indication point to this being a bargain contract as soon as next year! Slav was one of the best forwards in every game he played at the WC. He is going to blow up this season. Especially with big Kirby Dach taking some of the attention off of Slav. and for less than Cole! I thought he looked soso in wc and had a bit bad attitude on the ice. Scared me abit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted July 4, 2024 Share Posted July 4, 2024 Figured there would be some sort of trade protection in there. He's only eligible for the trade protection in his UFA years, not beforehand (just in case anyone's wondering why it doesn't start for a while). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 4, 2024 Share Posted July 4, 2024 If Slaf craps out, then the rebuild is hooped anyway, so we might as well go all-in. Which is what we did. A wise signing that will become an absolutely brilliant, franchise-defining signing if the kid lives up to the potential we saw in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted July 4, 2024 Share Posted July 4, 2024 1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: If Slaf craps out, then the rebuild is hooped anyway Rebuild aint near done, if just 1 player is all that important. Contenders can muddle through missing top player(s), or having a top pick not really panning out, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 7 hours ago, DON said: Rebuild aint near done, if just 1 player is all that important. Contenders can muddle through missing top player(s), or having a top pick not really panning out, it seems. If Edmonton is missing Draisatl, it's certainly not an easy replacement. Or Nylander in Toronto? It doesn't meant that the rebuild needs to start over again but it would knock the current plans off the rails and delay the contention window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 Writers Weigh In: Discussing Slafkovsky’s Extension – HabsWorld.net couple opinions on deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted July 5, 2024 Author Share Posted July 5, 2024 36 minutes ago, DON said: Writers Weigh In: Discussing Slafkovsky’s Extension – HabsWorld.net couple opinions on deal Seems like only one opinion is critical of the deal. I get Peter’s comments about the Habs having control of Slafkovsky for a while so this deal is premature. Essentially the Habs are risking big unnecessarily. All writers point out the obvious that if Slafkovsky’s play heads south then this is a poor deal. However it is the consensus belief that Slafkovsky is headed upwards The thing is that if Slafkovsky hits his potential then he is a 12 million dollar player. Hughes is gambling but I like our odds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 1 hour ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: Seems like only one opinion is critical of the deal. I get Peter’s comments about the Habs having control of Slafkovsky for a while so this deal is premature. Essentially the Habs are risking big unnecessarily. All writers point out the obvious that if Slafkovsky’s play heads south then this is a poor deal. However it is the consensus belief that Slafkovsky is headed upwards The thing is that if Slafkovsky hits his potential then he is a 12 million dollar player. Hughes is gambling but I like our odds Exactly. This has the potential to be an absolutely brilliant contract, akin to the deal that MB somehow got Patches to sign, but for longer term. It could position us to be a team with an $11-12 million player for 7.6 - clearing up millions for an added piece when we need it. You don’t get a deal like that without some element of risk. But the Habs are confident in their assessment of the player. They’d better be right, but it seems a gamble worth taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 If the Habs are wrong on Slaf and he doesnt become a 7.6 million player (which with the cap rising will soon be a 2nd line player), we have big issues in the rebuild anyway, bigger than just the contract. This is a good gamble IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 4 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: Seems like only one opinion is critical of the deal. I get Peter’s comments about the Habs having control of Slafkovsky for a while so this deal is premature. Essentially the Habs are risking big unnecessarily. All writers point out the obvious that if Slafkovsky’s play heads south then this is a poor deal. However it is the consensus belief that Slafkovsky is headed upwards The thing is that if Slafkovsky hits his potential then he is a 12 million dollar player. Hughes is gambling but I like our odds That's bonuses. A bigger risk I agree is that we end up paying him &12m. In advance of the last lockout, I think there were only two teams that didn't extend their young prospective stars - Montreal with Subban and Colorado with ROR. Both ended up in protracted contract disputes and led to long term ill effects , and both ended up being dealt away. Subban's longterm deal would have been higher, and ROR should have been a guy the Avs locked down as well. Slafkovsky has shown maturity and enough progression to take the risk of locking him up to a high value contract. He doesn't seem flaky like Galchenyuk and KK. He certainly has shown morw form his play and character, to get a long term extension than Drouin or Anderson did under the previous regime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 2 hours ago, Commandant said: If the Habs are wrong on Slaf and he doesnt become a 7.6 million player (which with the cap rising will soon be a 2nd line player), we have big issues in the rebuild anyway, bigger than just the contract. This is a good gamble IMO. 100% agree. foe this rebuild to work we need at a minimum the following forwards to be good to elite: Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Demidov and Dach. We have more room for error with the number of D prospects, but these 5 forwards need to be legit top line, or 1b type second liners. Locking them up to good longterm deal avoids the leafs stupidity of giving big money for 5 yr deals and only buying out 1 yr of UFA years for Matthews and Marner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted July 5, 2024 Share Posted July 5, 2024 The cap is likely headed up, in my opinion a shrewd move by Hughes. Of course it could turn out badly but there is always some risk. I have seen enough of Slaf to make me feel pretty comfortable with this contract, he is barely 20 years old, lots of room for growth. I like that our #1 line is locked in for a long time. Time to build that 2nd line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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