Silf staying in ANA for 5 more years

[Rodgort]

https://twitter.com/ElliottTeaford/s...77391422631936

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Per @PierreVLeBrun, the Ducks and Jakob Silfverberg have "essentially" come to an agreement on a five-year contract extension. They can't make the official announcement for a bit because of salary-cap tagging issues. At any rate, Silfverberg is off the trade market.
9:45 AM - 20 Feb 2019

Also they did not handcuff themselves long term

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One thing to remember, Silfverberg will be 33 when the five-year deal expires, not 35 or 36 as with the Getzlaf, Perry and Kesler deals. That's also assuming the five-year term is correct. Trying to confirm, but GMIHCBM is away from the team for personal reasons for next 2 days.
10:06 AM - 20 Feb 2019

[ericdaoust]

Also they did not handcuff themselves long term

That's assuming Silfverberg is worth the money for those five years

[PenguinHunter]

Interesting. I thought he was on his way out at the deadline.

[Doug Glatt]

Odd signing. He has never really panned out there and there are several good-looking young wingers on the rise in that organization.

[GretzkysMullet]

Odd signing. He has never really panned out there and there are several good-looking young wingers on the rise in that organization.

I don't watch many ANA games, but isn't he a solid two-way player?

[ericdaoust]

I don't watch many ANA games, but isn't he a solid two-way player?

He is, but that's not enough to be a real top-six forward. To me the biggest issue here is how their roster is built. They have a lot of big money commitments already so to me it makes more sense to deal Silfverberg to create some cap/roster flexibility. They'll need that beyond this year.

[Rodgort]

He is, but that's not enough to be a real top-six forward. To me the biggest issue here is how their roster is built. They have a lot of big money commitments already so to me it makes more sense to deal Silfverberg to create some cap/roster flexibility. They'll need that beyond this year.

Something tells me Kesler will be on LTIR after this season, so that'll free up lots of room

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That's assuming Silfverberg is worth the money for those five years

Haha, I mean in comparison to Getz, Perry and Kesler. Much better to deal with a declining player at 33 than 36!

[Moses]

UGH... This the "Loui Eriksson-lite" contact.

It does not look today and certainly will not age well.