Ducks re-sign Sami Vatanen to a 4-year deal

[CarltonTheBear]

http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886375

Was a pending RFA who many felt would be traded because of salary cap (and expansion draft) concerns. Wonder what the hit will be.

 

[TBLeafer]

Interesting...

Doesn't look like a huge hit at all.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Eric Stephens @icemancometh
Vatanen's deal is four years, $19.5 million. $5M in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19. $4.5M in 2019-20.

Cap hit of $4.875mil. Pretty good deal.

 

[Frank E]

So, JVR for who now?

 

[Kin]

Sturm und drang.

Still, a good illustration of why you can never bank on just being able to trade for a piece you want.

Now the question becomes what they'll do to fill out the roster. They have 16 million in cap room and probably have to hand out a decent chunk of change to Lindholm and Rakell. It's very tough to see them being able to retain Perron

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Sturm und drang.

Still, a good illustration of why you can never bank on just being able to trade for a piece you want.

Now the question becomes what they'll do to fill out the roster. They have 16 million in cap room and probably have to hand out a decent chunk of change to Lindholm and Rakell. It's very tough to see them being able to retain Perron

Fowler, Despres, Vatanen, and Lindholm will all need protection in the expansion draft, and the Ducks can only protect 2 of them because they stupidly gave Kevin Bieksa a NMC.

Something's gotta give there.

 

[herman]

Are they dumb enough to let go of Lindholm?

 

[TBLeafer]

Are they dumb enough to let go of Lindholm?

Cam Fowler is the weakest link on D is my guess.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Eric Stephens ‏@icemancometh
Bob Murray says in a Facebook Live session that a priority is getting a left-shooting left wing. "High quality left winger if possible."

You don't say...

 

[TBLeafer]

Eric Stephens ‏@icemancometh
Bob Murray says in a Facebook Live session that a priority is getting a left-shooting left wing. "High quality left winger if possible."

You don't say...

Vatanen was the RH shot we needed. 

JVR for Fowler or Lindholm doesn't make as much sense to pair with Rielly or Gards.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Vatanen was the RH shot we needed. 

JVR for Fowler or Lindholm doesn't make as much sense to pair with Rielly or Gards.

Fowler, agreed. But if Lindholm is available (which I doubt he actually is) then you absolutely try to acquire him at the most reasonable price you can afford.

 

[Bates]

JVR for Andersen and one of their almost ready D prospects.

 

[herman]

Vatanen was the RH shot we needed. 

JVR for Fowler or Lindholm doesn't make as much sense to pair with Rielly or Gards.

Fowler, agreed. But if Lindholm is available (which I doubt he actually is) then you absolutely try to acquire him at the most reasonable price you can afford.

Several users on Reddit were saying that the Ducks appear to be valuing Fowler more than Lindholm (for the puns, I would imagine). I haven't been able to corroborate those claims.

Lindholm vs. Vatanen

Lindholm is the better player under advanced numbers; his production is in line with Rielly's but they played on vastly different teams in that time. The Ducks would be tremendously stupid to trade Lindholm. I hope that they are (see hiring Carlyle and Nonis) and that we are there to capitalize.

Lindholm - Rielly
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Marincin - Carrick
Hunwick/Valiev/Harrington

Would not bother me in the least.