Vancouver Canucks Analysis: The Power of Nikita Tryamkin
By David Joun
Tryamkin Analysis: A Two-Year Contract
No matter how a player plays, if his contract is rubbish, he will forever put his management under criticism. Contracts are always important in this money-oriented league. Here is the low-down on Nikita Tryamkin’s first NHL contract.
- Two-year contract at $925k
- European Assignment Clause
- RFA expiry status
Term
The first year of the two-year contract will be used up for the remaining games of the 2015-16 season. This means that Tryamkin’s contract will expire at the end of the 2016-17 season, for which he will be paid $925k.
Salary
His $925 000 average salary now ranks the seventh-most expensive one on the Vancouver blueline below Yannick Weber‘s at $1.5 million and above Ben Hutton‘s at $896.25k. For reference, Alex Biega is inked to a similar deal (two-year long) at $600k.
There is also a signing bonus included in the two years. Tryamkin receives $185k in total over the two years as the signing bonus.
European Assignment Clause
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The European Assignment Clause allows Tryamkin to head over to the KHL when he is waived out of Vancouver. Although the Canucks are highly unlikely to have to waive Tryamkin anytime soon, should Jim Benning have to send Tryamkin down to the AHL, the Russian will have the option of returning to the KHL.
That should also deter the management from doing anything stupid like waiving Tryamkin in the first place. This clause is a win-win for both Tryamkin and the Canucks management.
A Two-Year Deal: Foreseeing Trouble
Despite all the talk about having loads of cash to spend this offseason, the Vancouver Canucks are making their future more difficult money-wise by inking Tryamkin to a contract that ends in 2017. Take a look at this list of players who will look to get resigned after the 2016-17 season:
- Bo Horvat
- Ben Hutton
- Brendan Gaunce
- Jacob Markstrom
Now add Tryamkin to that list. All of these players are integral parts of the new core. Tryamkin and Hutton will look for bridge deals while Markstrom and Horvat could demand big money. Resigning the five (including Gaunce) will take quite a bit of work to do.
That being said, the Canucks will be free from a couple of big contracts, too. Alex Burrows and Ryan Miller are set to come off the books in the offseason after the 2016-17 season.
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