Jackman Signs Extension

Thank you Baby Jesus! Thank you!

Thanks to Greg for the tip via text.

doesn’t mean he still won’t get moved. it only means he won’t be a free agent this summer

i concur with the online editor. i’m shocked they got this deal done. i guess this means the blues with either dump d-man salary (cough-fragile jay-cough) or it’s the end of salvador’s tenure. i would hate to see salvador leave after how he’s played this season. i would also hate to see the blues overpay just because he’s been here so long. either way, i’ll be watching the developments tomorrow armed with my work computer and a box of girl scout cookies.

This is very exciting news, and it pretty much shapes the direction of where the Blues’ involvement in deadline day will head.

Goodbye, Jay McKee. If it’s a choice between McKee and Jackman for similar salaries (although I’m sure that Jackman came considerably cheaper than $4M) I’ll take Jackman every day of the week.

Now if we can somehow get rid of both Rucinsky AND Backman before 2:00 tomorrow, everyone should be smiling by the time the Blues and Stars face off. Especially Perron and Walker, who would each have one less waste of space standing between them and playing time.

Dooks, I was thinking about the fact that he could still get traded, but there are two things against that.

1. He gave up all his leverage and probably left money on the table by signing now and not waiting until he had 30 teams to bid on him. Unless the Blues overpaid. Then they really wouldn’t be able to trade him.

2. Name another free agent player who was signed, announced that he had signed and then traded. I can’t think of an instance.

Holy shit!!! Well tomorow will be interesting and I guess instead of doing some homework after class I’ll be on here. Talk to ya then gang

TSN says it is 4 years 14.4 million.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=230576&hubname=

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For the naysayers, do a little research. If the reported number is true, based on Jax’s playing time and stats, this is the exact market value for him. Based on his current performance, this is by no means an overpayment. That is not homerism talking, just look it up.

Here are couple that I am sure Jackman’s agent had in mind (they play a similar game, similar stats, and ect.):

Nick Schultz/Minnesota Wild – 6-years/$21 million (3.5 per)
Scott Hannan/Colorado Avalanche – 4-year/18 million (4.5 per)

Brad’s right, Jackman is definately off the trading block. The Blues should trade Backman or McKee because somebody has to go, and Salvador is better and will be less expensive. Rucinsky is gone, probably for a 3rd 0r 4th round draft pick. I hope the Blues are working on something else though. Last year Davidson pulled the Boyes-for-Wideman deal seemingly out of nowhere after trading Guerin and Tkachuk. Another steal like that would be great.

i’ve liked jackman, but this is a mistake. the reason really is the fact that jackman does not provide what the blues need at d (transition/offense) and now, someone do the math, what is the next closest team in salary to what the blues are paying d-men #3 and d-man $4?

jacks is old school, stands up for his mates, apparently has respected leadership, but really, unless the blues manage to dump mckee and backman and salavadore, this is going to hurt next year when we all, once again, wonder why the blues haven’t enough finishing, power play, and transition…

It also says something about Barret’s desire to be a Blue, and even though I bitch about his play sometimes, I can’t argue with that. And the price isn’t too bad either.

I certainly think this means Bryce is on the block, and very possibly McKee. (I gotta think Backman has been on the block for awhile already.) Given the lack of health at D up among the Dead Things, might we try to work a deal with them? (As much as it would hurt to see Salvador in a Detroit sweater.)

29 Hatcher, Derian PHI D 35 3.500 3.500
30 Mitchell, Willie VAN D 30 3.500 3.500
31 Ohlund, Mattias VAN D 30 3.500 3.500
32 Phillips, Chris OTT D 29 3.500 3.500
33 Poti, Tom WAS D 30 3.500 3.500
34 Rathje, Mike PHI D 33 3.500 3.500
35 Rivet, Craig SJS D 32 3.500 3.500
36 Zhitnik, Alexei ATL D 34 3.504 3.504
37 Zidlicky, Marek NAS D 30 3.350 3.350
38 Clark, Brett COL D 30 1.500 3.500
39 Seabrook, Brent CHI D 22 0.942 3.500
40 Sarich, Cory CGY D 28 3.600 3.600
41 Backman, Christian STL D 27 2.300 2.300

I couldn’t be happier that they resigned Jackman. I feared they wouldn’t be able to get this done, but once again JD, LP and the organIzation have come through with the right move.
I know it is no guarantee that the young guns will come in and work out, but with Berglund and Oshie (especially Berglund) coming aboard next year, we are going to have more skilled O-ffensive players to fill out 3 lines that should score.
Tip of the cap to all involved, way to get it done. Now they just need to get Salvador inked, trade Fragile Jay and ship Backman to Siberia for a bag of pucks.

I believe this leads to at least 2 D-men getting moved in the offseason, or tomorrow. This may be for the best. It looks like we are playing 4 defensemen on every shorthanded series we have this season (and manny loves every minute of it). But we also look like we are playing 4 defensemen on every power play as well. This should open the door at the right time for the team to acquire another ‘viable’ offensive threat…well, we can all hope.

gotta agree with childhood trauma on this one, we already have 3 players (woywitka, polak, wagner) who I would rather have playing for the blues and they aren’t gonna get the opportunity next year unless backman, mckee, and salvador are moved

——that said, if all three of them are moved I will bitch a little less :P

I doubt all 3 are gone. 2 (Mckee and Backman) of those 3 hopefully will be out the door tomorrow. I think Salvador is too valuable with how well he has played this season to let walk. That way, Woywitka and Wagner can make the big club next year and Polak can be added into the mix as first call up for injury purposes and possibly replace anyone moved next year.

There’s something to be said for management finally starting to get the St. Louis attitude, too. We love our players, but we REALLY love the players that came up through the system. Signing Jackman keeps a lot of people happy even if he isn’t the true No. 2 d-man we all thought he was when he won the Calder.

That said, if they now sign Salvador and trade McKee, I will not be shocked.

Also, a strange sidenote to my theory of “St Louis fans love our own drafted players more than others”, we don’t feel that way at all about Sister Christian Backman. Is that because he’s just never done anything good in a Bluenote? Or is it that weird pignose?

A little from Column A, a little from Column B, if you ask me.

Maybe it’s because he’s Swedish (and therefore automatically a so-called Fruit Euro)?

Good for Jackman. Hope this new contract inspires him to beat someone up.

You go, Marcus…

I don’t have an issue with Backman staying, although if he could be moved for some valuable assets (an NHL-ready prospect and a pick), I’d be OK with that as well.

I’m eagerly awaiting the newest additions to the Blues’ system after today, when Rucinsky and McKee are traded for picks and prospects.

B.

For weeks a ton of the internet nerds (not from this site) have been bitching about Jackaman and how he sucks and he needed to go. Now, all you see if giant Jackman Ball Sucking and “what a great move by the team”. Blah.

Good move by the Blues and let’s just watch the draft picks and prospects come in. No major outside offensive help is on the way.

I am sooooo happy this morning hearing Jax is still a Blue. I hope I’m this happy tomorrow morning knowing Salvy is still a Blue as well. I think part of it is the growing them in the or-gan-i-zation but part of it is the attitude and pride they bring in wearing the Note. Bax maybe has suffered from not being out in the community like them? Then again, since the Gold Medal win he has regressed and is about as healthy as fragile Jay. I have brought this up with the boys at work, I really do think Jay would be happier playing on an Eastern Conference team again, he has just never seemed at ease here in my humble chick opinion. So if he and Marty Ru go today, I wish them all the best but won’t be shedding a tear.

From the story on STLtoday, JD stated there just aren’t a bunch of scorer’s out there to grab so not sure trading Jax would have gained much as far as a player to throw on the ice tonight. Don’t think we could have afforded Richards, though would love to have him.
Also, all the bashing stories about Jax and demanding Jay money, I think people owe him an apology, seems like he decided that wearing the Note, staying in this community that has embraced him since day 1 really does mean more than money. Look at Danny Boyle – 6 years – $40 million….now that is overpaying in my book.

Is it too late to change the “C” now?? He’s here for 4 more years – Mr. Roboto 2 (thank god!)

Diana, a certain person who writes a softer, more in touch with his feelings column for the paper who’s name Ryhmes with Chris Lift has a Jackman sweater with the C on the front. He got it a couple years ago saying that Jackman would be captain someday anyway, so why not put it on now…it’s not like they charge you extra for it.

Man, the Lightning just don’t get the new NHL, do they? They keep overpaying individuals and handcuffing themselves as a team.

They’re in the process of trying to unload Brad Richards and his $7.8 million hit for the next 3 years (good luck getting good return on that). So how do they follow up that mistake? Throw $40 mil at a defenseman.

Barrett has played pretty shitty this year. Bad decision-making on the ice. My thinking about him being traded was that he was the Blues defenseman with the biggest trade value (for the same reasons the team wanted to re-sign him,) he was a free agent waiting to happen, and his play this year probably would have made him cheaper to re-sign. +/- shows up a lot in contract negotiation; in fact, that used to be the main reason the stat was kept—it wasn’t public for a long time.

The reasons he could have been traded don’t mean that I’m not happy to see him in the note for 4 more years, because he’s a stand-up guy, and when he doesn’t make bad decisions he’s a decent skater, and one (the only one?) of the team’s defensemen who plays with an edge.

I hope that Bryce doesn’t go anywhere, because he’s been pretty consistently our best defenseman this year. McKee is an expensive pill for someone to swallow, Backman not so much. I could see a team that could afford a powder-puff soft defenseman take CB and let him play the role of of a purely offensive defenseman. Fragile Jay and Rucinsky… the team would have to eat some salary. I’m not sure I see any easily-tradeable assets here other than Salvador, and I’m not sure that he’d return something of value. The price for what the Blues immediately need may be out of reach with this roster.

Diana, Boyle is overpaid, but Tampa couldn’t afford to lose him. Good puck-moving, PP quarterback defensemen are hard to find. His presence is what allows Lecavalier to float around the point/high slot and helps make their PP work. My guess is that Boyle’s contract is structured so that his cap hit gets really big in the last 2 years, and there’s a team option in it somewhere.

That brings me to a question: does anybody know what the rules are on outright releases of players under contract during and between seasons? Is it that there’s a prorated or full buy-out, or a regulatory cap hit (player gets $0, but team doesn’t free cap space, or is it the NFL off-season, no guarantee, no nothing, buh-bye? The economics of the new NHL are confusing to me, and the salary cap generally still seems to mean little to the Red Wings and the Rangers.

and this st louis attitute, the favorite ex-blues the paper used to run, the loving our own, the hiring our exs into managment when some didnt deserve ti. at least it has worked out well on the ice….

ummm wait a sec…

Sorry about Salvador, Diana… I really wanted to see him stay as well.

I’m amazed that they couldn’t get more for Salvador, actually. I know no one’s ever going to confuse him with Bobby Orr, but I would think he’s GOT to be worth more than Cam Janssen, St. Louis roots notwithstanding.

B.