Bouchard 4 x $10.5

[MiamiLaw]

The Panthers win Cups and EDM gets Stuart Skinner in net.

[BluesDom]

Lot of Money. Oilers are convinced paying a handfull of players is the key. Its not quite working out. Time to trade McDavid.

[Backesdraft]

Holy moly. That is a lot of money on just 4 players (Drai, McJesus, Bouch, and Nurse). I do wonder how they’ll afford to put players around them but I suppose that’s a good problem to have.

[TheJackBurton]

That's an awful contract.

[Frank Underwood]

That's an awful contract.

Turrible, as Charles would say. Too much and he gets to walk away at 29.

[IsDurbanodoingtime]

The Panthers win Cups and EDM gets Stuart Skinner in net.

This. Lol. And don't forget Jack Campbell for a couple of more years as well.

[STL fan in MN]

That's an awful contract.

Not disagreeing but it’s less than I thought it’d take to sign him tbh.

[theograce]

The Panthers win Cups and EDM gets Stuart Skinner in net.

What are you gonna do? I mean Bob is gonna be 37. They aren’t winning cups because of him.

[TheJackBurton]

That's an awful contract.

Not disagreeing but it’s less than I thought it’d take to sign him tbh.

I expected 9-9.5, so it's more than I was expecting.

[sdaltons]

[BluesDom]

Is Bouchard really worth that kind of money? They are playing him in big minutes. Lots of points. Maybe he is worth it.

[TheJackBurton]

that leaves them with 550k and at 22 players.

They are absolutely giving someone away.

And they extended Kapanen to a 1/1.3

[theograce]

Is Bouchard really worth that kind of money? They are playing him in big minutes. Lots of points. Maybe he is worth it.

People laughed at the Hawks for taking on Seth Jones.

Bouchard is improving and has some warts, but it’s not that bad. Nurse is 2-3 mil overpaid.

[BluesDom]

that leaves them with 550k and at 22 players.

They are absolutely giving someone away.

And they extended Kapanen to a 1/1.3

It will be interesting to see how it shakes out.

[britishblue]

Thats a very odd deal.

[Harry York 37]

Thats a very odd deal.

I think they know their window is four years at the max.
I also don’t think he is a very intelligent player and I would imagine that they don’t see him as a team leader once that window closes.

Boy does Bouchard have some skills. It would have been nice to see more of them in the finals. It looked like he was afraid to make a mistake. He made several in last year’s finals and it looked to me that he played a very tentative game- which is a waste for a player with his world class talent.