$800k. I like it. Big defenseman who took less money to join the Paul Maurice reclamation school. Get Lundell done and sign/trade for a RHD and we’re cooking. Getting one or both of Swaggy and Bennett done on top of these moves would make this an A+ offseason in my books
CorruptedReaction
Perfect OEL replacement. Apparently he was very good in his 5/6D role for the jets last season but 6 million AAv was too much for that so they bought him out. Zero risk and reasonable upside
AcadiaFlyer
Really solid defenseman, and he’s familiar with PoMo. I’m a fan
AnxiousYam9909
Nice finally a defenseman! This is probably for the 3rd pair with kulikov right? So we’d still need a montour replacement? Would they put kulikov or balinskis with mikkola?
seemylolface
This will be interesting. He’s injured often these days but there’s a very good player in there if he can stay healthy.
CoolMudkip
I gotta wonder if this since this is a 1 year deal, he took the pay cut because he thinks they can pull off another cup next season. If he gets his name on the cup, he can negotiate for a crap ton more money than anything that was offered to him this year from any teams. Short term pain, for a long term gain maybe?
neek555
This is like a Zito signature move.
Democracy__Officer
Welcome to the “Revive your career” program, we the Panthers are happy to help you earn a big contract next year
RubixCube200
This is very good
Emotional_Match8169
Does anyone know the backstory? CapFriendly shows He had a contract with Vegas that was almost $6M but it shows Winnipeg bought him out?
Number333
Based on the way Jets fans talked about him in r/hockey, I love this signing. Super cheap and for a 3rd D pairing, you can do *MUCH* worse. Good job Zito!
KingKnux
I was wondering how soon the caps fan in me would end up in conflict with the cats 🙁
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$800k, cheapest offer he got but loved played under Maurice apparently: https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1808269491995873551?s=46&t=nvqOOO7AZVJNrhakhKoLVA
$800k. I like it. Big defenseman who took less money to join the Paul Maurice reclamation school. Get Lundell done and sign/trade for a RHD and we’re cooking. Getting one or both of Swaggy and Bennett done on top of these moves would make this an A+ offseason in my books
Perfect OEL replacement. Apparently he was very good in his 5/6D role for the jets last season but 6 million AAv was too much for that so they bought him out. Zero risk and reasonable upside
Really solid defenseman, and he’s familiar with PoMo. I’m a fan
Nice finally a defenseman! This is probably for the 3rd pair with kulikov right? So we’d still need a montour replacement? Would they put kulikov or balinskis with mikkola?
This will be interesting. He’s injured often these days but there’s a very good player in there if he can stay healthy.
I gotta wonder if this since this is a 1 year deal, he took the pay cut because he thinks they can pull off another cup next season. If he gets his name on the cup, he can negotiate for a crap ton more money than anything that was offered to him this year from any teams. Short term pain, for a long term gain maybe?
This is like a Zito signature move.
Welcome to the “Revive your career” program, we the Panthers are happy to help you earn a big contract next year
This is very good
Does anyone know the backstory? CapFriendly shows He had a contract with Vegas that was almost $6M but it shows Winnipeg bought him out?
Based on the way Jets fans talked about him in r/hockey, I love this signing. Super cheap and for a 3rd D pairing, you can do *MUCH* worse. Good job Zito!
I was wondering how soon the caps fan in me would end up in conflict with the cats 🙁
Fuckin Zito man! Awesome pickup