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We’re going over the latest report on Jake Evans of the Montreal Canadiens, and his apparent asking price in contract negotiations.
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Jake Evans was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 28 of the draft went as follows:
1st – Florida Panthers, Aaron Ekblad
2nd – Buffalo Sabres, Sam Reinhart
3rd – Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl
4th – Calgary Flames, Sam Bennett
5th – New York Islanders, Michael Dal Colle
6th – Vancouver Canucks, Jake Virtanen
7th – Carolina Hurricanes, Haydn Fleury
8th – Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander
9th – Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers
10th – Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa Senators), Nick Ritchie
11th – Nashville Predators, Kevin Fiala
12th – Arizona Coyotes, Brendan Perlini
13th – Washington Capitals, Jakub Vrana
14th – Dallas Stars, Julius Honka
15th – Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin
16th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Sonny Milano
17th – Philadelphia Flyers, Travis Sanheim
18th – Minnesota Wild, Alex Tuch
19th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Tony DeAngelo
20th – Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose Sharks), Nick Schmaltz
21st – St. Louis Blues, Robby Fabbri
22nd – Pittsburgh Penguins, Kasperi Kapanen
23rd – Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th – Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann
25th – Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak
26th – Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak
27th – San Jose Sharks, Nikolay Goldobin
28th – New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Josh Ho-Sang
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25 Comments
I heard, Evans to LA, for Turcotte and a third round pick.
I would go for 5 years at 17.5 million. He woukd be hard to replace for much less than that.
Pay Him! or they'll just have to go out and find a similiar Guy that's unkown to the Club House. R.
3.5 x 4 years or 4 mil x 3 years. But if you get a 2nd deal him. Ideal is 3.5 x 3 years
I'd go 5 years, $18 million (AAV $3.6 million), 4 years, $15 million (AAV $3.75 million) or 3 years, $12 million (AAV $4 million). Because I think we've seen peak Evans – this year has been his best year, both statistically and in terms of intangibles. So sure, he's due a raise, but if he wants to be paid as a 3rd-line, 0.5 ppg center, which is what the AAV of $4 million will buy you, doing so past his 32nd birthday is a non-starter. And the $4 million value is already considering Québec's high taxes. Anywhere else, he'd be worth $3.5 million short-term, $3.25 million long-term. Like…if Adam Lowry (minus the captaincy) signed a new deal today, it would be worth maybe $4 million, but Lowry is a better player (he tilts the ice for his team more effectively). Evans isn't quite at that level. $20 million over 5 years is basically TREVOR MOORE type cash (he got $21 million over 5 years, 2 years ago)…even accounting for the tax differences AND the increasing cap, it doesn't erase the fact that Moore is a more effective player (1.34 G/60 and 2.42 P/60 for Moore last year, vs 0.30 and 1.32 for Evans, and even this year, which is a DOWN year for Moore, he has 1.57 P/60 compared to Evans' 1.48, in what is essentially Jake's BEST year…everything about Moore, over his entire career, has out-paced Evans).
I was looking at this as an option for Detroit since we just lost Copper for the rest of the year. Evans would be an ideal replacement for Copper, but a redundancy if we were to resign him as we have Copper and Compher. Ideally, I’m thinking no more than 3.25 for anything longer than 3 years… 3.5 is the limit though, even short-term. If we didn’t have Copp and Compher for the next 2-3 years it would be a slam dunk, but the redundancy as that position, plus upcoming young guns from GR make me hesitant to sign an extension.
4 mil is fine
Wow, i would give 5 yrs at 3 million or 3.5per year. Give him the rest in bonus. However give him 3 yr term with option of a 2 yr extension depending on performance. thanks Kevin
So what , if you decide the 93 million cap into 20 players , each players should be making just above 4.5 mil a season , Jake is definitely in the top half of the team , where you gonna get that quality penalty killer for less than 4 mil a year?
Keep Evans and Armia , they have definive roles that allows and spares Suzuki from being forced on the PK, Hage and Kapanen aren’t 3rd or 4th line players and beck shouldn’t be on the bottom six either . Built a 3rd shutdown reliable line , Evans-Armia and newhook or Andy , the fourth line should be a line to bring rookies up from a very congested Laval team
Get rid of the deadwood and overpaid players not the role players that actually helps this team
Nick Suzuki was signed in the old and slow ascending cap era , it has been announced that the cap will go up to over 100 million by 2027 , players know that
Laine , Dvorak , Gallagher and matheson all have to go before Armia and Evans
Its actually not that bad considering Dvoraks' contract lol
To the comments below.. This is exactly realistic that the Jake Evans camp would want. I think the Habs would do this deal and still might. The money is fine. The term would be ok as well if not that the Habs still have Beck,Kapanen,Hage,Davidson& Xhekaj all coming up at the ctr position. Im tired of people calling Evans a 4th liner. You are making a fool of yourself when you write this. Lets look at Bob Gainey or Guy Carbonneau. Could they play the 4th line. Yes but they were so much more than that.
All 3 were and are top of league PK specialists and all 3 could play up or down the lineup when called upon
Hughes likely will wait till the deadline to see what the max offer he can squeeze out of other gm's. If he doesn't get what he likes, he'll sign him.
Byebye Jake Evans.. $ 4.000.000 times 5. We get a another decent player for that amount of money!! So trade him, with his 2 assists the last 20 games!! 💰👋😈
3rd or 4th line centre yes…plus one of the best PK guys in the league and scores multiple SHG’s?…3.75 to 4 over 5 years, Im more than good with that….
4 millions a year X 5 20 million??? If Jake can not negociate a reasonable contract like 3.7 max for 5 years ,He is gone all those years as a mtl center and what will he be getting into the unknown future? One would think he would want to be part of the team that could rise to a team making the series or even winning a Stanley cup after 30 long years of sweet nothing? Is Jake not well advised? there is a saying ambician can see it's master perish sometimes? I believe Jake Evens will come to a agreement with the habs. 3.7 lim X 5 is 18,5million. his future and his children is secured. between 3,7 and 4 lies 3.8 and 3.9 which one will it be?
7 years at 22.75 million.
I've been saying it for over a year Jake is great on PP but very mediocre in other roles. Not worth 4 million even with Cap increases. I smell a trade upcoming. 😊
4 x 4 years should be his max
Whoever these "insiders" are need to be fired lol
I find it fascinating that Habs nation won't pay the guy $4 mill but at the same time are expecting a 1st rd pick for a few months of his services. Lol. Only in Montreal.
4m is kinda much for a 4th line center, but he might be the best in his role. I find it an okay deal. But yeah 4m for Evans 7.5 for Suzuki something feels off about it.
Most UFAs are overpaid. Last summer, Yakov Trenin—a defensive specialist winger with a career-high 24 points—signed for 4 years at $3.5M per season. Centres are generally more valuable than wingers, and Evans, a right-shot centre with a career-high 29 points (so far), will command more on the market, especially with a rising cap. A 5-year, $4M AAV deal isn’t outrageous; it’s market value.
Evans doesn’t owe Montreal a team-friendly deal. He’s been the lowest-paid player on the team (excluding ELCs), despite ranking fifth in total points since 2021-22. If the Habs aren’t willing to pay market value, they’ll need to replace him not to regress—either by trade (which isn’t cheap or easy, as we saw with Dvorak, Dach and Newhook) or in free agency (again, not cheap).
This is the first time the team is negotiating with a UFA of their own (aside from Monahan, a special case), and so far, the handling has been unimpressive. First, management essentially told Evans, "You’re not getting a home-run contract"—which translates to, "We’re not paying market value." Then, they reportedly made an offer so far below market value that Evans' camp now believes a deal isn’t possible. I understand Evans for wanting to step away from this mess and find a new home. Wish him the best.
Dear lord just move him. Take a bag of pucks for him. He is 29 and taking a valuable roster spot. We are rebuilding, don’t need him for 4 more years. There is nothing saying someone at 22 can’t come up and take this role. Who knows, might even be better
Sadly he is 29 years old and will be too old and overpay be the time we have a competitive team. imo trade him and recoup what you can.we have many holes to fix before we can spend 20m on a 4th line center
Hahaha I literally said "that's what she said " the exact same time as you Lego