Confirmed with Link: Spencer Knight signs 3yr/$4.5 mil AAV extension

[Chessarmy]

An overpayment. To give him $4M before he even proves anything when we're already paying Bob $10M is an odd decision, to say the least.

 

[FinlandPanther]

One "meaningless" President's Trophy and they hate us haha.

Truly hilarious. Went from the leagues doormat to gated in like 2 years lmao.

 

[iam76]

kids the future. keep him happy. cut some 1 guy making a mill and bring up hepo/whoever

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Truly hilarious. Went from the leagues doormat to gated in like 2 years lmao.

Wait until Tkachuk, Gudas, Bennett, and Lomberg start causing more chaos.
Revel in it and shove it down their throats, we ain't going anywhere (playoff team) for a long while.

Most TOR, CGY, OTT and COL fans can eat shit IMO

 

[Chessarmy]

Way too much money.

 

[Gentle Man]

kids the future. keep him happy. cut some 1 guy making a mill and bring up hepo/whoever

Not really necessary. His cap doesnt take affect till next season.

But carrying 14.5 in goaltending is about 3.5 to 4.5 too high for a tandem.

If he gets more starts and outplays Bob this season then the contract becomes market value especially since he is an RFA. Then maybe Bob says he wants to get moved cause he doesnt want to be a backup

 

[I am not exposed]

I'm actually shocked at the mainboards, why I typically don't read threads. Did we kill someone? We struggled against a crappy Caps team and got demolished by Tampa. Is Huberdeau and Weegar that beloved? Never seen it like this. Would have loved to earn the hate at least lol.

Embrace it.

And echoing what others are saying in that this is too much. I was expecting at most around $3m per season.

 

[Trio123]

Why, just why!?

 

[Chaos2k7]

They must expect him to be starter sooner than later.

 

[HockeyRulez]

If he helps us win games then so be it. Sure it's a little bit much on the aav but if he's happy and plays well then it will be worth it. The Bob situation could get more messy which will be more interesting imo

 

[FrolikFan67]

Shit, now it’s 4.5per? I thought it was 4per. That’s nearly twice as much as I was expecting. Not exactly sure what the logic was here. Like if he did well as a backup this season what was the expectation they think he’d be commanding? More than 4.5?

 

[HockeyRulez]

Yea the timing does seem odd. He obviously is the future but it seems like he will get a lot more games in so maybe the thought is lock him up now on these terms? Either that or maybe the risk of another team offersheeting? But why the rush to do it now is the real question lol

 

[floridada]

Way too much money.

Damn Zito is losing his touch

 

[FinlandPanther]

Damn Zito is losing his touch

Eh. Zito was incredible to start. The Chiarot deal was bad, but this one is still OK. We’re keeping him happy. He almost didn’t sign. They’re showing him we’re all in on him. Zito has still been an excellent GM.

 

[BB88]

This is kinda Tallon esque signing and starting to make me worry. 2.5-3M should been the market value. More than Oettinger makes

This is goaltenders version of having to pay for potential as well.
Knight is one of the best goaltending prospects in the world

But I’m really surprised they got it done already.

Atleast means Zito has zero core players to wign for 22-23 season and can focus on creating cap space/adding players

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

It's not bad value if you plan on playing Knight a lot this year and buying out Bob. That would surprise me though because it makes way more sense to buyout Bob in 2024 and Bob deserves to play this year. I wonder if there's a plan to make Knight the 1A this year? I'm struggling to figure this out. I mean we're overpaying a goalie by 5 million already and paying another guy 5 million to get off our team so this is small potatoes but still every dollar counts.

Eh. Zito was incredible to start. The Chiarot deal was bad, but this one is still OK. We’re keeping him happy. He almost didn’t sign. They’re showing him we’re all in on him. Zito has still been an excellent GM.

Chariot trade was incredibly bad, gave up way too many futures in the Calgary trade. Zito is a former agent so I trust him with this though.

kids the future. keep him happy. cut some 1 guy making a mill and bring up hepo/whoever

Knight wasn't an RFA, this doesn't affect this season.

 

[Desert Panther]

Seems like an overpayment... 14.5mm in goalies for 3 years is absurd

Won't be 3 years. Bob's very likely to be traded before the 2024-25 season once the NMC becomes a M-NTC and the actual salary drops.

 

[Mogo]

This is goaltenders version of having to pay for potential as well.
Knight is one of the best goaltending prospects in the world

But I’m really surprised they got it done already.

Atleast means Zito has zero core players to wign for 22-23 season and can focus on creating cap space/adding players

I dont remember a case where a goalie coming off ETC paid anything near this with so little games. This is not a bridge this is near starter money in NHL too now for a proven goalie

 

[Crossbar]

Does this take us out of the Spence for Chychrun rumors?

 

[pantherbot]

Does this take us out of the Spence for Chychrun rumors?

Probably not because they made no sense to begin with so why stop now?

 

[Thomas Colavecchio]

I dont remember a case where a goalie coming off ETC paid anything near this with so little games. This is not a bridge this is near starter money in NHL too now for a proven goalie

Look to the Dallas Stars. Jake Oettinger, at 23 years old, recently signed a 3 Yr / 4M deal. Not so much difference, although he does have more game experience than Knight at this point.

The deal kicks in next year, so there is no effect this season. And per CF, it is leaving a projected 11.3 M in Cap space, with 3 or 4 slots to fill in '23-24.
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[TheImpatientPanther]

Does this take us out of the Spence for Chychrun rumors?

Let the price drop and if someone grabs him this year, you see if he makes it to free agency. Think his deal ends the same year as Ekblad's no?
The shine of him has wore off alot for me though...

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Yea the timing does seem odd. He obviously is the future but it seems like he will get a lot more games in so maybe the thought is lock him up now on these terms? Either that or maybe the risk of another team offersheeting? But why the rush to do it now is the real question lol

Zito also rushed to sign Verhaeghe which turned out to be an excellent decision.

I don't think there's a one specific reason why Zito hurried. For an instance, he might've also wanted to establish some goodwill with Spencer that pays off later on. Tampax' Vasi also signed his bridge contract a year in advance so this isn't an uncommon practice.

 

[Ghoste]

I was actually thinking about Knight’s extension a few days ago. I was guessing $2.5 million for 3 years.

-ghoste

 

[StrangeVision]

That's a...uhh...healthy deal. Definitely paying for the future on this one.