Report: Bruins sign Pastrnak - 6 years, $40 million ($6.6667 AAV)
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The B's get 2 UFA years, Pasta gets to hit UFA at age 28. Dollars come in below Krejci and Bergy but above Marchand. I think under $7mm was a huge win for the Bruins. Good stuff all around.
Drop the puck.
Drop the puck.
Nice, good deal. So is Pasta a low key Satanist? Holding out for all 6's.
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They have Bergeron, Marchand, and Pastrnak all signed long term for under $7m AAV. That's really incredible when you think about it.
Unfortunately they need that to make up for the Krejci and Backes contracts. Still, that leaves them in a great spot going forward.
It's a nice change to see a skilled young player get locked up here on a long-term deal. The Bruins need more guys with Pasta's skillset, glad to see they got him back into the fold.
Now if we can just avoid trading him for a few lesser guys...
But seriously, things are starting to look up. A lot of emerging young talent plus we are retaining our top players.
Is it me, or do the Bruins fare better when they let their ELC guys burn the year?
Cap wise, B's will enter the year with ~$2.6-3mm ish cap space, depending on how things shake out at the bottom with ELC's and cheap contracts like Schaller, Agostino, Postma, etc.
I'm right there with you on that one (I was just giving you a hard time).
I have reason to be optimistic at this point though. I think he follows the Bergeron/Marchand/Krejci path, personally.
I don't follow the hockey transactions as much as just the games. Someone explain "Chiarelli is an moron" to me so I can sound informed when I talk to my kid later. He's a bit more of a hockey guy than me.
Having said that, I didn't need to check the thread to know this was a win.
Having said that, I didn't need to check the thread to know this was a win.
Yeah, he seems to like Boston, unlike Hamilton, and is a hard worker on both ends of the ice unlike Seguin. He's more a Marchand-type and those guys the Bs seem to want to keep.
Chiarelli payed 2m more for a guy who has similar production to Pasta. While that guy is a C, so probably should get a bit more, 2m is much too big a positional premium.
Edit: thought Draisatl got 8, not 8.5. Fixed math.
He signed a similar player, Leon Draisaitl to an 8 year, $68m deal (8.5 per year) which was more than was generally expected.
This deal is a win-win I think. Team gets the AAV, Pastrnak will be a free agent at 27.
edit: what he said ^
Sweeney says there is lockout protection in the contract, a bonus in 2021. There's also some form of NMC in years 5 and 6 when Pastrnak is eligible to receive one.
Sweeney also got an inordinate amount of shit for his opening offer (not necessarily here) considering where Pasta's contract ultimately ended up.
Because Pasta and his agent used the threat of the little leverage they had to try to get some extra years/dollars. In the end it didn't get them anywhere because of the fact they had little leverage, but you can't fault them for trying. No harm no foul here.
Gotta give credit to Sweeney too. 2 years ago he traded Dougie before July 1st for below market value rather than face the threat of an offer sheet. Now he waited out Pasta and stared him down and it worked out well. Good on him.
I'm guessing the lockout protection was complicated to work out. And the lack of urgency on Pastrnak's side until now.
So glad to wake up to good news. Get camp started on the right foot. Now let's have everyone stay healthy for the next few weeks and then go play some hockey.
That was probably part of it [the Hamilton trade, et al], given that he was dropped into the middle of a raging dumpster fire. He had a lot of bad contracts, and guys like Marchand and Eriksson and Rask having paydays on the event horizon. And I'm assuming there was probably a lot of mixed opinions about Hamilton's game. And I can see Neely going purple and pounding his fist on the table saying "We need more grit now. Back in my day, we had guys like Zach Rinaldo and Jimmy Hayes to carry the team. Go get 'em Donnie".
The 5 pillars of being a hockey GM:
- Drafting
- Deciding who to sign and who to let go
- Trades
- Free agent signings
- Staff hiring
Seems like the Sweeney regime has done a good job on the first (which the team desperately needed after a lengthy series of failed drafts), and is improving on the 2nd: Marchand and Pasta are here, while Eriksson seems to have slipped past his prime (and is ironically Jim Benning's albatross now). And I'm not overly worked about about the C. vs. K. Miller expansion draft issue (Colin Miller's talents are about to be replaced by the youngsters).
Jury is still out on trades, and we all know how well Sweeney's free agent forays have worked. On the last, I like Cassidy, so I'm not displeased.
