Pastrnak re-signs with Boston [8 years, $11.25mil AAV]

[CarltonTheBear]

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[Nik]

Well, Nylander looks like a bargain now.

[Guilt Trip]

Well he certainly didn't take less to keep the gang together. Good on him though. He's earned it but we'll see what happens next year when Bergeron, Krejci are probably gone.

[Nik]

Well he certainly didn't take less to keep the gang together.

I mean...he almost certainly did, right? If he continues his pace he'll put up like a 57 goal, 110 point season or thereabouts. Some team would probably have offered him 12 or more per as a UFA.

[Guilt Trip]

Well he certainly didn't take less to keep the gang together.

I mean...he almost certainly did, right? If he continues his pace he'll put up like a 57 goal, 110 point season or thereabouts. Some team would probably have offered him 12 or more per as a UFA.

But he's not a UFA. You're not trying to convince him to come to your team if he hit the market. I'd say he got a fair contract but there's no great discount there.

[Nik]

But he's not a UFA. You're not trying to convince him to come to your team if he hit the market. I'd say he got a fair contract but there's no great discount there.

But the whole idea of "taking less" is that you're taking less than you could have gotten from someone else. If Pastrnak had decided to test the market he's getting more than what he signed for and that's what the Bruins are negotiating against.

[bustaheims]

Well he certainly didn't take less to keep the gang together.

I mean...he almost certainly did, right? If he continues his pace he'll put up like a 57 goal, 110 point season or thereabouts. Some team would probably have offered him 12 or more per as a UFA.

But he's not a UFA. You're not trying to convince him to come to your team if he hit the market. I'd say he got a fair contract but there's no great discount there.

He would have been in a few months. He was basically negotiating as one.

He took a small discount, but I think we can attribute that to being able to get the extra year on his deal more than anything else. He probably would have been in the $12M-$12.5M range as a UFA.

[Bender]

Well he certainly didn't take less to keep the gang together.

I mean...he almost certainly did, right? If he continues his pace he'll put up like a 57 goal, 110 point season or thereabouts. Some team would probably have offered him 12 or more per as a UFA.

But he's not a UFA. You're not trying to convince him to come to your team if he hit the market. I'd say he got a fair contract but there's no great discount there.

He would have been in a few months. He was basically negotiating as one.

He took a small discount, but I think we can attribute that to being able to get the extra year on his deal more than anything else. He probably would have been in the $12M-$12.5M range as a UFA.

Every little bit counts. Hard to say if you'd rather have him or Marner at their deals.

[Guilt Trip]

Well he certainly didn't take less to keep the gang together.

I mean...he almost certainly did, right? If he continues his pace he'll put up like a 57 goal, 110 point season or thereabouts. Some team would probably have offered him 12 or more per as a UFA.

But he's not a UFA. You're not trying to convince him to come to your team if he hit the market. I'd say he got a fair contract but there's no great discount there.

He would have been in a few months. He was basically negotiating as one.

He took a small discount, but I think we can attribute that to being able to get the extra year on his deal more than anything else. He probably would have been in the $12M-$12.5M range as a UFA.

Yup considering the longest contract he can sign is 7 years with another team. 7 x 12.5 = 87M. 7 x 13M = 91M. He gets his money.

[Nik]

He would have been in a few months. He was basically negotiating as one.

He took a small discount, but I think we can attribute that to being able to get the extra year on his deal more than anything else. He probably would have been in the $12M-$12.5M range as a UFA.

I don't think it's an either/or. It's pretty unlikely that the Bruins would have walked away from him at 12 or 12.5 and likewise it seems equally unlikely that a massive motivating factor in Pastrnak's decision making was being able to guarantee himself 90 million vs. 84-87 million when he's young enough that he still could be signing a legitimately lucrative deal 7 years from now.

[bustaheims]

He would have been in a few months. He was basically negotiating as one.

He took a small discount, but I think we can attribute that to being able to get the extra year on his deal more than anything else. He probably would have been in the $12M-$12.5M range as a UFA.

I don't think it's an either/or. It's pretty unlikely that the Bruins would have walked away from him at 12 or 12.5 and likewise it seems equally unlikely that a massive motivating factor in Pastrnak's decision making was being able to guarantee himself 90 million vs. 84-87 million when he's young enough that he still could be signing a legitimately lucrative deal 7 years from now.

Probably not, no, but I do think that factored into the thinking. It's roughly the same overall value as he would have received as a UFA, but the team gets an extra year out of it and Pastrnak gets a little injury insurance. Something for both sides.

[OldTimeHockey]

While Pastrnak has been relatively healthy in his career he has missed time due to injury. Nothing has been career threatening yet, but that could change at any point. I think if his desire is to stay in Boston, and he can take advantage of that extra year of contract, it only makes sense to take a little less to make it happen.