[Signing] Blues sign Buchnevich to 6 year contract extension ($8 mil AAV)

[sureLoss]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1808222114396160309

https://twitter.com/user/status/1808224278749630868

[Textcritic]

Wow. That seems like a lot.

[agulati]

Wow. Big pay day for him.

[Roof-Daddy]

The Blues got this guy for a friggin song basically.

He'll of a trade.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

That seems like the contract with the highest buyout potential in 3 years time. This takes him until he is 37 years old. For an offense first injury prone player this seems like they are backing up the truck past the prime years of his career.

[Bingo Jr.]

I've found it difficult to figure out the Blues' direction since they won the Cup.

They've been all over the place.

[memphusk]

8 million a year. What?

[Hockey-and_stuff]

8 million for a 60pt guy who's best scoring years are behind him is a bad idea.

Feels like a buyout candidate in 3-4 years.

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[Bingo Jr.]

I will say, this makes the Sharky contract look that much better.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Glad we are not that team doing these deals anymore.

[Ped]

Originally Posted by Hockey-and_stuff

8 million for a 60pt guy who's best scoring years are behind him is a bad idea.

Feels like a buyout candidate in 3-4 years.

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He had a bit of a down year, but he's under 30 and his previous 2 seasons he was above PPG. It's not going to end well but what deal like this does?

[Hockey-and_stuff]

Originally Posted by Ped

He had a bit of a down year, but he's under 30 and his previous 2 seasons he was above PPG. It's not going to end well but what deal like this does?

Thinking on it a little more, if the cap continues to increase it may not even be that big of an anchor cap-wise.

If I had a real concern, is the 60 pts he put up last season a blip or an early sign of decline? If you're the Blues you're hoping it's the former.

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[Ped]

The Blues have both Schenn and Saad declining, so the stats may not go up as much as they'd like.

[Leo]

wow. i bet he was so happy about this deal he smashed his stick over the glass

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Woof.

Usually the terrible contracts are handed out within the first few hours of free agency. This makes no sense.

[Harry Lime]

Had to pay more for 6 years instead of 8. He'll be productive for most of the contract. Not bad, he is their best