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EP40 will stay in Vancouver regretfully. He’s in a good place now, theres no pressure to win, he’s not expected to be a leader in the room. A perfect scenario for him to ride his deal out.
I get what you’re saying. The timing of the signings is the issue with the EP40 for me . Buium signs when he is trending up, EP signs when he is trending down. EP was also a huge reason for the internal conflict.
One thing RJ said yesterday is he loves ZB leadership and enthusiasm in the room. I thought he was going to pee himself he was so happy.
I hope he gets traded, I think it’s time for a fresh start for both the team and himself. That being said. He signed his current deal March 2, 2024 after scoring 89 points in 82 games, he was not in any sort of decline. Yeah he scored 102 points the year before but to think he was going to be a perennial 100 point guy is wishful thinking, at best. Sidney Crosby has six one hundred point seasons in his twenty one year career, to put that into perspective. 89 points in 82 games is pretty damn good, he was 18th in NHL scoring that year. They just gave him about two million too much and they ignored the dressing room issues enough that they ended up destroying everything they’d built. If they knew he was part of the problem, which he clearly was, why give him a huge contract. They were awful managers, that’s why!!!
I get what you’re saying. The timing of the signings is the issue with the EP40 for me . Buium signs when he is trending up, EP signs when he is trending down. EP was also a huge reason for the internal conflict.
One thing RJ said yesterday is he loves ZB leadership and enthusiasm in the room. I thought he was going to pee himself he was so happy.
You know you won’t get “leadership and enthusiasm” from EP40.
I get what you’re saying. The timing of the signings is the issue with the EP40 for me . Buium signs when he is trending up, EP signs when he is trending down. EP was also a huge reason for the internal conflict.
One thing RJ said yesterday is he loves ZB leadership and enthusiasm in the room. I thought he was going to pee himself he was so happy.
Contract is risky but you hope you are right. You go all in and show the kid you like what you see or you lose him in four years. I am not going to complain but it can go south.
It is not like handing an 11.6 contract to a player wearing and anchor. I look at it as investing in the future.
I think it’s actually riskier than the 11.6 million dollar Petey contract because Petey had proven himself, Buium has not. Yeah things went sideways with Pettersson because of the dysfunctional dressing room, internal struggles, and lack of commitment to training, but he had 259 point in 242 games during his bridge contract. Including 102 and 89 point seasons. They paid him too much but he earned himself a big contract, again, Buium has not. High ceiling kid though.
Contract is risky but you hope you are right. You go all in and show the kid you like what you see or you lose him in four years. I am not going to complain but it can go south.
It is not like handing an 11.6 contract to a player wearing and anchor. I look at it as investing in the future.
Not that I think Buium is a bad player, he’s not, but Sam Dickinson, who I think is a better player, must be licking his chops right now.
In about 4 years Buium’s contact about 6-7% of the cap at most. Signed til 28yrs old leaves him 1 big contract. Plenty of other pieces to surround him from this draft & beyond. Going to need the vets to set the tone of this rebuild.
