[friedman] WPG Re-Sign Neal Pionk to 4-Year/$23.5M Extension; $5.875M AAV

[Phil]

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[siddious]

Always liked Pionk. Good for him.

 

 

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[Ozzy]

Always liked Pionk. Good for him.

 

 

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Agreed my man!! Good to see Pionk succeeding, and now prospering.

[Phil]

$5.875M AAV per CF: https://www.capfriendly.com/players/neal-pionk

[Sharpshooter]

I liked him a lot when he was here, but he's become even better than I thought he'd be. Good for him.

[siddious]

I liked him a lot when he was here, but he's become even better than I thought he'd be. Good for him.

 

I still think Winnipeg won that trade

[Pete]

I'd much rather have had Pionk at his deal, then Trouba at his deal.

 

The trade itself made sense, at the time, right up until Gorton drove a hard bargain against himself and opened up his wallet for no reason at all, handing over top dollar to an unproven player.

[siddious]

I'd much rather have had Pionk at his deal, then Trouba at his deal.

 

The trade itself made sense, at the time, right up until Gorton drove a hard bargain against himself and opened up his wallet for no reason at all, handing over top dollar to an unproven player.

 

Was he UFA or RFA at the time? I cant remember.

 

Imagine we gave them pionk and didnt end up signing trouba

[Phil]

I'd much rather have had Pionk at his deal, then Trouba at his deal.

 

The trade itself made sense, at the time, right up until Gorton drove a hard bargain against himself and opened up his wallet for no reason at all, handing over top dollar to an unproven player.

 

Yes, up to this point.

 

Trouba wasn't, by any stretch, "unproven." He'd been in the league for six seasons when they acquired him. He also wasn't paid for "no reason at all." He was paid for similarly damaging reasons, though. "What have you done for me lately?"

 

They acquired and paid a career 40-point defender, who put up career-best numbers in a contract year, like the 60-point defender he was for... one year. That's the problem, in a nut shell.

[Phil]

Was he UFA or RFA at the time? I cant remember.

 

Imagine we gave them pionk and didnt end up signing trouba

 

RFA. Arb rights. One year from UFA. So, they bought six years of UFA from him.

[Pete]

Yes, up to this point.

 

Trouba wasn't, by any stretch, "unproven." He'd been in the league for six seasons when they acquired him. He also wasn't paid for "no reason at all." He was paid for similarly damaging reasons, though. "What have you done for me lately?"

 

They acquired and paid a career 40-point defender, who put up career-best numbers in a contract year, like the 60-point defender he was for... one year. That's the problem, in a nut shell.

He had not proven he was an $8M player at the time. He just forced his way to new york, and we paid him like we had to give him extra money to play here... Like we're fuckin Edmonton

[Phil]

Right. Career year. He cashed in big, to the tune of being overpaid by around $1.5 million per year.

[Ozzy]

We do get about $4.5 million back off the Dead Cap after the '22-'23 season....that might help mentally digest Trouba's contract a little easier...I'm not saying it validates the over-payment, but just kinda looking at the glass as half full.

[josh]

I’d take Trouba + Fox. No brainer.