Great deal

I think that's market price, but I wouldn't sign a goalie to a 5 year deal. I think he signs for a 3 year deal between 3.5 - 4M per year

Good deal for both sides

What a dub

He's played well this year, but is a goalie with the grand total experience of 60 games really worth as much as Lehner - a former Vezina-candidate?

Personally speaking, I don't think so.

It's already signed. He's also just 25 so the 5 years cover most of his prime.

When did Lehner win the Vézina?

Nvm I mixed it up with the Jennings. My b.

He was a finalist though in 2019.

This is a real contract. The 5x5 is official, not scripted.

I love it.

People need to stop doubting Benning - He is more than competent with RFAs

Solid contract, locks him up for his prime. Jimbo gets a lot of **** for his signings but he's usually pretty good with his RFAs

Well, you can’t really compare contracts signed by the Lightning/Golden Knights to the rest of the league, because of taxes and people taking discounts to win. Everyone agreed Lehrer wasn’t even close to market value when he signed that.

Decent signing. Has to feel good to get this out of the way. Benning has a lot more work to do. Per Capfriendly approx. $21M left with (8) players left for the minimum w/ Petterson and Hughes needing deals. It won't be easy because they need to be better than this year. VAN is tighter up against the cap than most believe.

According the site's own income tax calculator he the net income difference between Vegas and Vancouver on a $5M contract is around 500k. Not really that much honestly, all thing considered.

I'm honestly a bit surprised that it's that high. I think Demko has played pretty well this year, but he's still so inexperienced. I mean, he was putting up pretty pedestrian numbers prior to the bubble last year. That's only 29 games that he's looked like he could be a starter if you combine the bubble + this season. I expected a bridge deal, but given his age (25), maybe they opted for this in case he walked after the bridge.

I mean, I look at Saros and he had two very good seasons (47 games total) as a backup before signing a 3 year deal at $1.5m per year. He's been solid over his last 90 games during that contract, putting up better numbers than Demko too. It's up at the end of the year, and he'll be a 26 year old RFA (just a bit older than Demko) -- but I don't even know if he'll get a contract like Demko just did.

Having said all of that, hopefully it works out for VAN and Demko can prove that he is a legit starter in the NHL.

Thanks guys.

Think I was worth more.