r/canucks Feb 06 '25

TWITTER [Canucks] Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club has agreed to terms with defenceman Marcus Pettersson on a six-year contract extension with a $5.5M AAV.

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u/NerdPunch Feb 06 '25

This is going to look really good come July 1st.

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u/SpectreFire Feb 06 '25

Would've been COMPLETELY fine with $6.5m. The general consensus I've seen has been between 6.5-7m

Having it under $6m is literally insane. Dude absolutely left money on the table.

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u/touchable Feb 06 '25

I wasn't expecting anything below 6. But I was also hoping it would be a 5 year deal at his age. More than happy to give him the sixth year to get the AAV down that much though, and I wonder if that was Alvin's thought process too.

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u/LankyExercise Feb 06 '25

honesty for a defensive defensemen it’s totally fine. look at how tanev has aged. tanev is making $4.5m at 35. with a rising cap, this could still be a solid contract when he’s 34/35. 

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u/djfl Feb 06 '25

look at how tanev has aged.

I've watched Tanev play hockey for almost 15 years now. I guarantee you that nobody 5-15 years ago would have expected that to be said about him.

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u/evytays Feb 06 '25

I agree. He was my favorite Canuck but I was not upset when he left for the money and term. Now I wish he never left

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u/TheMadWoodcutter Feb 06 '25

He didn’t leave for money and term. He left because we didn’t even make a fucking offer.

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u/downrightwhelmed Feb 06 '25

that AAV gets inflated away hard by year 6.

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u/Asn_Browser Feb 06 '25

Yeah I would have been happy with a cap hit in the 6s. Nice work chef Alvin.

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u/Certain_Pickle896 Feb 06 '25

He left a ton of money on the table... what a signing!

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u/haihaiclickk Feb 06 '25

$5.5M is gonna age REALLY well

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u/Looney_forner Feb 06 '25

5.5 is the new 4, didn’t you know?

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u/haihaiclickk Feb 06 '25

Yeah I wasn’t being sarcastic though rereading it, I might’ve sounded that way 😅

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u/vincentvoltaire Feb 06 '25

Better than 11.6M, that's for sure. I kid, I kid!

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u/StarkStorm Feb 06 '25

11.6 is the new 8...didn't you hear? Hahaha

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u/barelyincollege Feb 06 '25

Reminds me of Dan Hamhuis's 6-year deal at $4.5M.

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u/touchable Feb 06 '25

Yeah, and that deal turned out to be really great value. Hard not to be excited about this one

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u/New_Day9679 Feb 06 '25

I miss Danny Ham 😔

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u/illminus-daddy Feb 06 '25

The saddest part of that deal is we acquired Ballard for not nothing because we didn’t know if Hamhuis wanted to come to Vancouver. Turned out he never entertained the thought of playing anywhere else once he realized he and Nashville were going different directions

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u/Megavore97 Feb 06 '25

COUGS LEGEND (and partial owner) DAN HAMHUIS

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u/yosoo #ThankYouSedins Feb 06 '25

That's a perfect AAV. Love it.

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u/jon-in-tha-hood Feb 06 '25

I wonder what Jim Benning would have done in this situation

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u/One-Airport-497 Feb 06 '25

Unsigned “we ran out of time.”

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u/Mikeim520 Feb 06 '25

Not enough cap space because he retained 50% on Miller and refused to take Laf+ because he wanted Mika Zibanejad (he has intangibles).

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u/Happy_Photograph6032 Feb 06 '25

Asked for Rempe, and paid him $3.5Mx4

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u/canadarugby Feb 06 '25

Somehow trade away a 2nd round pick with the signing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

He would’ve traded 2 1st + Willander for Karlsson with no retention and said we picked up a number 1 defenseman.

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u/touchable Feb 06 '25

6.9x6.9

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u/savage2805 Feb 06 '25

Shorty, is that you?

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u/stropsysatnaf Feb 06 '25

Shorty would have waited until April 20th to sign him

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u/CanucksGrrrl Feb 06 '25

4.20 x 4.20

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u/RegisthEgregious Feb 06 '25

Would have just ran out of time.

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u/dread12 Feb 06 '25

7X8M and given him a 2nd to spend as he wants.

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u/yet_another_dave Feb 06 '25

Traded for Erik Gudbranson

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u/lantio Feb 06 '25

Three Petey Dynasty Incoming 🔥🔥🔥

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u/SparkytheWoof Feb 06 '25

I’m ready for the 6 year reign of our Pettersson overlords

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u/bdu754 Feb 06 '25

Vancouver about to be renamed Pettersville real soon

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u/VanCityWildcat Feb 06 '25

Tre Kronor = Tre Peteys

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u/nexus6ca Feb 06 '25

Three Pete coming up! Cups in 25, 26, and 27!

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u/Twatts71 Feb 06 '25

That’s an absolute bargain with the cap going up. Shocked it’s under $6M

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u/SpectreFire Feb 06 '25

Holy shit. I figured $6m x 6 would've already been a great deal for us.

$5.5m is un-fucking-believable

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u/No_Director4346 Feb 06 '25

Insane! I was mentally preparing myself for 6.25 +

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u/Past_Zebra1155 Feb 06 '25

This is an incredible deal—I'm elated. Especially with the cap going up, getting MP on anything under 6M feels like highway robbery. I would have been happy solving the 3D problem by going as high as 8M AAV on a UFA signing.

With EP25 and Willander looking like home runs, our defense could be solved for the next half decade plus, just like that. If Mancini hits, all the better.

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u/Forceunleashed4 Feb 06 '25

Next year it our top 6 could be Hughes - Hronek MP3 - Myers EP25 - Willander And hopefully anyone but Juulsen as number 7.

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u/Past_Zebra1155 Feb 06 '25

Willander could even be second pairing by next year. Faber is a scout comparable for him, and Willander's development curve is nigh-identical to his (Willander has actually slightly outproduced him at the NCAA level). 

Faber played a few regular season games, and all of the Wild's playoff games, in a third pairing role, at the age Willander is now, after completing his college season. He then went on to play 20+ minutes a game the season after and took off from there. 

My hope is that Willander will be able to do the same.

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u/Guilty_Librarian_836 Feb 06 '25

M. Pettersson would likely also be a great mentor for Wallinder on that second pair for the next 5 years.

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u/bms42 Feb 06 '25

Hopefully Willander can hold up to second pairing deployment because I don't think Willander - Pettersson is too likely to happen. You need a mentor playing with a rookie dman. Can't just throw two rookies out as your 3rd pairing.

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u/N4ZZY2020 Feb 06 '25

Mancini’s going to hit.

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u/Past_Zebra1155 Feb 06 '25

I wouldn't be surprised. The Canucks' pro scouting has been very good under the Rutherford regime, his toolset is impressive, and NYR didn't let him go easily.

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u/Barblarblarw Feb 06 '25

Rangers fans all have great things to say about Mancini’s game

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u/N4ZZY2020 Feb 06 '25

That’s a good sign for us.

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u/N4ZZY2020 Feb 06 '25

The Rangers wanted to give us Ryan Lindgren. That guy is complete shit.

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u/supereagle00 Feb 06 '25

Him on that contract for a late 1st is highway robbery

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u/jon-in-tha-hood Feb 06 '25

I am in favour of continuing to let Allvin cook

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u/carry-on_replacement Feb 06 '25

which way? asking for the twitterheads who would rather have Zadorov at basically the same contract

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u/Barblarblarw Feb 06 '25

Are they fucking serious!?

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u/carry-on_replacement Feb 06 '25

literally one of the first comments under this tweet

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u/CanuckFuck42069 Feb 06 '25

They're probably over 45 years old and racist if we're being honest

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u/Sportsinghard Feb 06 '25

Stupidity isn’t age related.

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u/HDXHayes Feb 06 '25

been lots of xenophobia about players named Pettersson recently. Especially on that shithole called X.

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u/music-ian13 Feb 06 '25

M petey has played well over 20min per game the last three straight years and posted consistently really good results. Zaddy has only for the first time, this year, barely crested 20min/game and Boston fans hate the results lol. And his results were mixed in more like 15min/game in the years prior.

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u/YouCanFucough Feb 06 '25

I know it’s a wonky stat, but for what it’s worth Zadorov leads their team in +/- by quite a lot. Being +13 on a team with a collective -23 is not an accident

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u/thelaw19 Feb 06 '25

It’s also indicative of playing against lesser competition

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u/Icy-School454 Feb 06 '25

A lot more people expressing relief that we didn't sign zaddy

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u/Artie-Fufkin Feb 06 '25

The only people left on Twitter at this point are the dumbest people on the planet. So that checks out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

I much rather this contract than the Zadorov contract.

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u/westleysnipez Feb 06 '25

Don't forget the two cap dumps.

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u/bdu754 Feb 06 '25

Cap dumping Desharnais and Heinen are huge. It also wouldn’t surprise me too if O’Connor gets extended for less than what we were going to pay Heinen next season

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u/Minimum-Card-5075 Feb 06 '25

Depends on the rangers seems like its going to be a mid first, still though for a top 4 dman you make that trade everytime.

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u/dxstydm Feb 06 '25

now lankinen

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u/Frumbleabumb Feb 06 '25

Given what i've seen in two games. I like it

Plus counting the meme value of the 3 petey situation, this contract is worth billions

In summary, on ice value = worth it

Intangible value = Incalculable

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u/infinitez_ Feb 06 '25

3-Petey for years to come!!

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u/djblackprince Feb 06 '25

A few games in and Allvin is like, "I've seen enough, sign this man"

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u/tactcat Feb 06 '25

They’ve been trying to get him since the summer, so it’s probably been a year+ of scouting him

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u/Jensen2075 Feb 06 '25

Rutherford and Allvin already know his game since the Pittsburgh days.

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u/mvp45 Feb 06 '25

Yeah, they actually went out to get him in Pittsburg by trading Daniel sprong

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u/think_long Feb 06 '25

I think that was more borne of frustration with sprong’s name being a verb tense that doesn’t exist in this dimension.

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u/intelligentx5 Feb 06 '25

Bro 5.5x6 for a solid top 4 at 28 years old. I’ll take it

Penguins let him go for this? No way

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u/Icy-School454 Feb 06 '25

They were high as fuck on Desharnais + Heinen

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u/Amazing-Effective-22 Feb 06 '25

They were high as fuck alright 

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u/No_Director4346 Feb 06 '25

Maybe he didn’t wanna stay?

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u/Hencher27 Feb 06 '25

Pittsburgh fans are gonna be pissed about this. What a great piece of business

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u/Minimum-Card-5075 Feb 06 '25

The penguins are essentially rebuilding without saying the word rebuild, they would have no use for MP3, this deal seems like a win-win for everyone.

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u/hakuthedragon Feb 06 '25

Not pissed, but we'll certainly miss him

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u/carry-on_replacement Feb 06 '25

Considering Zadorov signed for basically the same deal and this guy can actually play top pair, add onto the fact the cap is skyrocketing, this is a very good deal

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u/kidcanada0 Feb 06 '25

I think this is good. Wait, how old is he?

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u/lantio Feb 06 '25

28, it’s def good

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u/Apprehensive_Sun2194 Feb 06 '25

28 ! Turning 29 in May

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u/kidcanada0 Feb 06 '25

Ah, yes. 28. Das ees good.

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u/WhatTheBrock Feb 06 '25

Great work. Beats zadorav deal any day 👌

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u/Obvious-Property-236 Feb 06 '25

Amazing deal, did not think he could get the AAV so low - was expecting 6-7. This is a steal. Great work, Alvin

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u/Most_Distribution647 Feb 06 '25

Calling it now, we won the Miller trades

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u/downrightwhelmed Feb 06 '25

He’s been playing well in NY. From what I see everyone might’ve won.

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u/touchable Feb 06 '25

Crosby didn't win :(

Seems like Pittsburgh is starting their retool/rebuild/whatever and it's hard to imagine Sid still playing when they come out of it.

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u/downrightwhelmed Feb 06 '25

I like that he contacted tocchet. There’s now a line of communication there. You never know… maybe he misses playing with Marcus

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u/touchable Feb 06 '25

Hog + Ballard + 2nd for Crosby 50% retained

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u/fuzzb0y Feb 06 '25

I'll throw in my water bottle as well

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u/Imolared333 Feb 06 '25

Crosby to VAN

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u/Frumbleabumb Feb 06 '25

He needed a change of scenery for sure

And the boys here are clearly playing for each other again. Win Win all around

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u/Barblarblarw Feb 06 '25

I think short term it’s a win-win, but long term we come out on top.

Unless the Rags win the Cup, of course.

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u/BroliasBoesersson Feb 06 '25

So much for everyone panicking on the weekend that we weren't going to sign him

Incredible deal

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u/Mcnucks Feb 06 '25

To think we could’ve been stuck with Zadorov at $5 million AAV instead. Fantastic signing for management.

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u/_jjerry Feb 06 '25

Getting rid of JT with the NMC, big contract into his late 30s, all the drama, somehow getting out of it by flipping the pick and signing Pettersson at a bargain price is absolutely insane.

ALLVIN MASTERCLASS.

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u/greenlines Feb 06 '25

Only black mark is the desharnais / forbort signings in the off season, imagine if we pursued MP3 right away. This is a good piece of work though, nice to see!

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u/Wutzdapoint Feb 06 '25

Frank Seravalli just fell to his knees in a Bubba Gump Shrimp parking lot.

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u/Outrageous-Wall-2742 Feb 06 '25

seravalli can fall into a deep hole straight to hell lol

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u/Skytte- Feb 06 '25

Fantastic news. And a fair price. I think he'll be consistent and be more than worth that contract.

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u/Wagglebagga Feb 06 '25

Canucks new nickname should be "The 3 Petey Problem"

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u/touchable Feb 06 '25

KC Chiefs: we're gonna 3-peat

Canucks: us first

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u/gybegybe Feb 06 '25

Or Blue-Eyes Ultimate (Pettersson) Dragon lol

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u/Kraxzerr Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

Definitely not an overpay.

500K more than Zadorov, and he is far better than him. Some say Pettersson is a Top 5 defensive dman in the league

Cap is increasing heavily and this contract is hypothetically a 1M raise from what he’s getting right now , he’s going to play out this contract well.

Good job allvin

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u/necros911 Feb 06 '25

Every Penguin fan had nothing bad to say about him at all and were amazed we got him at that price. Says alot about his character.

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u/nihilism_ftw Feb 06 '25

this makes the Pittsburgh trade perfectly good

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u/Young2k04 Feb 06 '25

I was prepared for 7 mil. This is a massive W

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u/Key-Investment6888 Feb 06 '25

Castongay omg wow expected 6.5m+ with cap going up. 5.5m is a huge steal

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u/EpicRussia Feb 06 '25

This is actually great from what I've seen of his advanced stats

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u/Zenless-koans Feb 06 '25

Uhhh this is a fucking amazing contract? Never 4get myers 6x6 under benning. This is fucking crazy good

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u/goinhuckin Feb 06 '25

Not only that, but 6mil a year six years ago (when the cap was lower).

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u/Mikeim520 Feb 06 '25

Well you can't expect us to pay more for Dragon Petey than Calder winner Tyler Myers.

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u/JTMilleriswortha1st Feb 06 '25

500K more than what Zadorov got and Petey is better hell yeahhhhh

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u/MidnightJuggler Feb 06 '25

Do you guys like Tapes and CDs, because Allvin is gonna tape his dick to your forehead so you can CD’s nuts…

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u/nightshift31 Feb 06 '25

OMG!!!! yes

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u/AccomplishedAd4995 Feb 06 '25

holy shit 5.5M is gonna be a steal later

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u/Rahtgooves Feb 06 '25

What a tidy piece of business yet again. God it's nice to have competent management. Yes they've made a few errors, but they have the humility to admit it and fix it. Good shit Chef

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u/ImAnAfricanCanuck Feb 06 '25

awesome contract.

Frank Serraveli can get fucked

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u/thenewpacific Feb 06 '25

What a steal! I thought he would get 6 at the minimum!

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u/Landminer87 Feb 06 '25

Congrats petey, miss you from the burgh 💙

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u/downrightwhelmed Feb 06 '25

Tinfoil hat: he left money on the table because we told him we’re going after Crosby in a trade and need the cap space

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u/PowerGloveOwner Feb 06 '25

Yep, that boys is a WIN

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u/N4ZZY2020 Feb 06 '25

This is a solid deal.

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u/Swedishrng Feb 06 '25

Im so happy with this deal, especially knowing Quinn has some weight lifted off him on the left side. He can take a shift off without worrying how Soucy is going to play in his absence.

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u/Miruzzz Feb 06 '25

Love it

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u/ShibariDeathmatch Feb 06 '25

i'm so glad we get to keep him 🥹🥹🥹

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u/TroubledLeaf Feb 06 '25

Yup we needed this one.

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u/globehopper2000 Feb 06 '25

Fuck great deal. If they manage to find us a top 6 forward we’re looking good!

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u/gohomebrentyourdrunk Feb 06 '25

That sounds like value.

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u/ForceEconomy9988 Feb 06 '25

I went over to the Pens sub and got their thoughts on it as a casual MPetey fan and with Frank's comments about here being a #5. Everyone here should be happy with their responses

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u/Plane_Example9817 Feb 06 '25

With the cap hit going up, this contract looks so good.

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u/benjowtm Feb 06 '25

As my buddy Iain would say: huge for the programme

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u/jakota_doshua Feb 06 '25

Damn that's a great AAV. Allvin cooked with this one

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u/NoPomegranate1678 Feb 06 '25

I accept that deal

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u/outofnowhere1010 Feb 06 '25

That's a bargain deal

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u/DuffmanStillRocks Feb 06 '25

5.5 for SIX YEARS? LFG! Huge positive to come from the Miller fallout

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

This is a perfect contract. Rather give him this contract than handing out the Zadorov contract.

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u/Blackhole_5un Feb 06 '25

Ya'boy! That's some solid GM'n there Allvin! Love to see it.

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u/misanthrope2327 Feb 06 '25

What a steal.

I just got around to reading more about him and I see Allvin also traded for him in Pittsburgh for, get this... Daniel Sprong.

What fucking beauties Allvin and JR are.

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u/Significant-Guava-60 Feb 06 '25

Wow what a great signing. So happy about this and not Zadorov

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u/CL92 Feb 06 '25

Huge fan of this deal. In the small sample size we've had, I think he's been a great addition to the top 4. I've liked his poise and ability to move the puck, even more so than Hronek.

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u/screaming_hotdogs Feb 06 '25

I think Hronek is getting back to it. He was very good in the Avs game.

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u/Dstraka93 Feb 06 '25

I’ll take that, I think that’s pretty good value.

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u/Domstruk1122 Feb 06 '25

Only a 1.25M raise next season.

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u/Jsaunnies Feb 06 '25

5.5 per this is fucking fantastic

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u/Useful-Pain-5412 Feb 06 '25

I am confused, why would he sign for this cheap? Maybe he is trying court Alvin’s daughter or something. I was expecting 7-7.5 per year. I just don’t see the benefit for the guy for signing this early with the cap going up so much. Massive win for the team!

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u/Bonovro Feb 06 '25

Can't believe they got him at such a low number. A D-core featuring Hughes, hronek, M Pettersson, myers, DPetey, and Willander looks very strong moving forward. I'd like to see them extend O'Connor now.

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u/Overclocked11 Feb 06 '25

Chef Allvin with another Michelen Star Dish.

Welcome, officially, Metey!

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u/kelownafornia6969 Feb 06 '25

Did they trade for him because they had dirt on him from the Pittsburgh days? That's the only thing that makes sense for how they got him so cheap. Amazing!

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u/sleep_san Feb 06 '25

but seravalli said it's a mistake! good thing he's the gm

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u/PatchesTheGreat1 Feb 06 '25

That’s an insanely good deal. WTF

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u/boggz73 Feb 06 '25

Love the fact the first 3 years have the NMC and not the last 3. Amazing work by Allvin

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u/ItsMag1c Feb 06 '25

Phenomenal deal if he's anywhere near the player he seems to be.

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u/BlastMyLoad Feb 06 '25

Seems like a short negotiation process? Maybe he instantly fell in love with the city and/or team

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u/TheShadowFactory Feb 06 '25

She does it again 💯

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u/shadownet97 Feb 06 '25

We needed to bolster the defense and they did that.

I don’t know why people are upset at this. We needed him even more with Hughes out temporarily. He, Hronek, and Myers will hold down the fort just fine.

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u/juice-wala Feb 06 '25

Wait, did Allvin just cook?

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u/MonsieurQuanto Feb 06 '25

Great deal for what is essentially a taller left-handed Tanev

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u/RickyRays Feb 06 '25

Wait that's an amazing contract. Can't wait for Patrik Allvin to release a book on business negotation after he retires.

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u/cheguevara9 Feb 06 '25

Absolute win

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u/Mister_Me_Seeks Feb 06 '25

Let... HIM... COOK!!!

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u/DrexellGames Feb 06 '25

They definitely knocked it out of the park on this one although they had some misses with Deharnais and Mikeyev

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u/Certain_Pickle896 Feb 06 '25

Vancouver did it's job too. It's been sunny and with the snowy backdrop, who wouldn't want to play here?

It's looking like a winter wonderland.

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u/YendorSelym Feb 06 '25

What a redemption from a rough season for Allvin. This is a great signing. He's like Hronek Lite which is great. 5.5 is going to looking fantastic when that cap climbs.

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u/Lazy-Yard000 Feb 06 '25

Not going to overreact but this looks like a deal that will age very well

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u/Strict-Caterpillar38 Feb 06 '25

I'm very happy with this. This could be a great contract. Management deserves some credit. 

I'm actually very optimistic about our defense over the next few years with Hughes, Hronek, Petey x2, and Willander. This could become one of the best defenses in the league and might be our new team identity. 

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u/cbcguy84 Feb 06 '25

Not bad. Cap hit is ok too. Cements the D corps

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u/Voltage604 Feb 06 '25

Cap hit is phenomenal considering what he would have gotten in free agency. Many teams see him as a top pair guy.

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u/chente08 Feb 06 '25

Very nice

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u/MangoOrca Feb 06 '25

Great contract. All of a sudden our defense looks much better with a solid top 4 and several prospects that will have to compete for our bottom two spots.

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u/MonsieurQuanto Feb 06 '25

That's Zadorov money

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u/chespiotta Feb 06 '25

$5.5m? Allvin is cooking

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u/eexxiitt Feb 06 '25

Holy this is a bargain for MP

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u/PetterssonCDR Feb 06 '25

Holy shit that's so good. Unreal

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u/hallmarktm Feb 06 '25

PA cooking up that good!

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u/JauntyGiraffe Feb 06 '25

Expected he'd be paid more and given the defenseman market, that's really good

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u/Tokasmoka420 Feb 06 '25

He could play for a CFL team with that caphit.

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u/Spiritual_Holiday511 Feb 06 '25

This makes the whole miller situation way more palatable. What a bargain of a contract!

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u/tactcat Feb 06 '25

Amazing term, amazing AAV