[Signing] Oilers have re-signed Koskinen (3 yrs, $4.5 mil AAV, 15 team NTC)

[direwolf]

Cup parade back on. Koskinen is the new savior!

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by WilliPlett

For what? This year he has been playing like garbage!

and all of last year.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Damn. I hoped Koskinen was smarter than that. Damn damn damn.

[Hemi-Cuda]

https://twitter.com/thegoldenmuzzy/s...78227323572227

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

This contract means Talbot is gone, and because everyone knows it Chia has absolutely nothing to bargain with at the deadline. If a team does trade for Talbot for goaltending depth they'll likely pay peanuts for him

This was my immediate thought. I figured I had to be missing something. Why do this now?

Whatever, who knows with the Oilers.

[SuperMatt18]

The good thing for Flames is Rittich is an RFA vs a UFA for Koskinen. So not directly comparable.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Hackey

4.5 million for 3 years after 27 games.

It is truly unbelievable. In what world is that a good deal for Edmonton? What the hell are they thinking? This guy is so unproven. 27 games gets you $13.5mil? Jesus.

[Hackey]

Reading HF Boards even the Oiler fans hate this deal lol.

[Textcritic]

Mikko Koskinen carries the seventeenth-highest cap hit among goalies in the NHL.
He will be 31-years-old at the start of this contract.
He has played 31 NHL games and won 16 in total.

My good god.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

hehe

Terry Jones @byterryjones
If Peter Chiarelli has signed Mikko Koskinen to a three-year $4.5 million extension, that means Cam Talbot is out of here and a goaltender from Bakersfield will be Oilers back-up next year. Nobody trusts Chiarelli to be right about this. That's kind of the point right now.

My favorite part about Oilers' reporters is that they are giant fan boys.

[Enoch Root]

I always find cap friendly includes players that may not be on the roster. Here is what I think definitely applies for next year...

Forward (9): $40.769

Defense (7): $25.183 (excludes Jones)

Goalies (1): $4.5M

Buyouts (2): $1.633

Total cap (17): $72.085M

About $10M in space, and they need to sign 5 forwards and a goalie.

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

Any word on a NMC? I think those are automatic there, aren't they?

Uh, why would you need a NMC if you're signed in Edmonton?

[trackercowe]

$20 says he's bought out or dealt before the contract ends.

[mrdonkey]

I saw "Oilers have re-signed" and got excited that Chiasson may have gotten a really stupid contract.

There's still time, Chia!

[Beninho]

Hahahahahaha this team never learns hahahaha

[kukkudo]

Smells like a Mac T and Lowe signing

[MrMike]

When negotiations happen with other teams and players, I feel like even players know that using Edmonton contracts for comparables is out to left field. How did they not get him for 3 million a season at the most for that term for a guy that had under .900 save % his last ten games.

[Fuzz]

This has to be Chiarelli sinking the ship and filling it with buckets of lead before he gets walked off the plank, right? It's the only explanation. And why sign him now instead of later in the year? I don't see the upside here. it's gotta be sabotage.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Hackey

Reading HF Boards even the Oiler fans hate this deal lol.

To be fair, Oiler’s fans are the only fans that should hate this deal.

[Yamer]

C'mon Chia, quit now so you can go out on that high note with all your colleagues laughing at the punch line!