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Old 10-13-2021, 12:29 PM   #1
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Default Predators sign Mattias Ekholm to extension (4 yrs, $6.25 mil AAV)
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Nashville, Tenn. (October 13, 2021) - Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today the team has signed defenseman Mattias Ekholm to a four-year, $25 million contract that will keep him in Nashville through the 2025-26 season. The contract will begin in the 2022-23 season and carries an annual average value of $6.25 million.
https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/p...ct/c-326792572



Seems like a very solid deal.

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Old 10-13-2021, 12:44 PM   #2
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Best part of the deal is the term. Great job by Poile.
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Old 10-13-2021, 12:45 PM   #3
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Even Sureloss has to go for a pee once in a while 😂
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Old 10-13-2021, 12:48 PM   #4
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Wow that is a great deal for Nashville.
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Old 10-13-2021, 12:50 PM   #5
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Great deal for the Predators. Pretty rare to get a quality player early in his 30's to sign on for only 4 years. Feels like he left at least another year or two on the table. Maybe he's planning on retiring at the end of the deal.
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Old 10-13-2021, 12:56 PM   #6
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This deal covers his 32 through 35 years. If ha had wanted longer, he wouldn't have gotten that salary. Seems like a fair deal (not a steal) to me.
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Echo others. That term is great.
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Old 10-13-2021, 01:03 PM   #8
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Even Sureloss has to go for a pee once in a while 😂
Robots don't pee, maybe he had to have an oil change
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Old 10-13-2021, 03:23 PM   #9
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I am fascinated to see if there ever will be any consequences for some of these longer term deals signed the past 3 years that kept AAV's down but tacked on extra years. In this case the dollar figure is a bit higher, but the term is pretty manageable.

I tend to think teams are better off just paying the value a player is worth when the player is worth it, and not carrying around dead weight. But there are so many poorly run franchises who make that "smart" move to take on a garbage contract to gain an extra flame out prospect or 2nd round pick as they start up rebuild #7 type of thing that it isn't hurting anyone yet.
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Really good player, criminally underrated most of his career. He is what I want Andersson to become

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