Day 1 2019 NHL Winners: Who hit it big and fell flat on the opening day of the free agency?

Not all transactions on the opening day of the free agency can be a great winner. While some teams have won a player (or players) to help them get there, other teams have made decisions that will regret and haunt the night for the coming years. That's the fun of this!

Here are some early winners and losers since the opening of the NHL.

Day 1 2019 NHL Winners

Winner: Serghei Bobrovsky

The biggest winner of the day was Serghei Bobrovsky, who received a massive seven-year commitment of $ 70 million from Florida Panthers. This is a lot of money and term for a guy who is about to turn 31 and is approaching a season in which he posted a .913 pedestrian to save the percentage and a 5.27 goals saved above average last season mark (23 in league).

But Panthers desperately needed the brands, especially after Roberto Luongo's last weekend retirement. Bobrovsky is undoubtedly the best bidder on this year's market and twice won Vezina.

It is a payment in addition to Florida and I can regret this business on the line, but it is a huge victory for Bobrovsky to be able to earn money in despair and in his own space.

Lost: Penguins

One of the most amazing offers of the day was handed out by Penguins, which gave Brandon Tanev a six-year deal worth $ 3.5 million a year.

It's not that Tanev is a bad player. It's worth. He skates well. He plays hard, heavy kicks, is solid in defense and is an advantage in terms of killing punishment. But he is a six in front, who, at the age of 27, is approaching a season in which he managed to win 14 goals (first time he reached two figures) and 29 points.

Here are some early winners and losers since the opening of the NHL.

Winner: Serghei Bobrovsky

But Panthers desperately needed the brands, especially after Roberto Luongo's last weekend retirement. Bobrovsky is undoubtedly the best bidder on this year's market and twice won Vezina.

It is a payment in addition to Florida and I can regret this business on the line, but it is a huge victory for Bobrovsky to be able to earn money in despair and in his own space.

Lost: Penguins

One of the most amazing offers of the day was handed out by Penguins, which gave Brandon Tanev a six-year deal worth $ 3.5 million a year.

Winner: Chaos

Who does not like a little chaos to start the free agency? Maybe he is not crazy at the NBA level, but there has been movement and trembling in the NHL on Monday. Great signs. Big transactions. Damn it, we just gave you a bid.

Montreal Canadiens offered a contract to Carolina Hurricanes, offering Sebastian Aho a five-year offer of $ 8.454 million a year. This is the first time in six years when the NHL agency period included a freely restricted agent signing a bid.

It often does not happen because of a "unwritten code" between general managers. A bidding list of the young star of another team could lead to revenge and tense relations, and front offices rarely want to take this opportunity. It is even rarer because the movement works. The last successful offer came in 2007, when Edmonton Oilers gave Dustin Penner from the five-year-old Anaheim Ducks at $ 21.5 million.

They did not take the Hurricane too long to announce that Aho would not be added to the successful auction list.

It is a great advantage to extend Aho to this price because he is currently the best player of the team at the age of 21 and this is quite fair value for the production he made last year. He came from a breakout year where he scored 30 goals and scored 83 points in 82 games for Canes.
Lost: Robin Lehner

There are heavy times for a Vezina finalist, apparently. In spite of a career year that saw him posting a salary of 930 and a salary of 26.24 goals above average, Robin Lehner only got a one-year contract of $ 5 million from Chicago Blackhawks, where you will probably share the fees with Corey Crawford Crawford is healthy.

It is particularly perplexing as far as the former Islanders Lehner Club, who offered Semyon Varlamov four years at the same price ($ 5 million) to replace him. Varlamov is three years older than Lehner and is approaching a worse year (0.909 percent rescue points, 1.16 negative goals above average) so he makes you wonder why they were not willing to give way of Lehner's commitment or why Lehner was not willing to accept.

Winner: Rangers

The Rangers have won the biggest award for this year's free agent class with the signing of Artemi Panarin, who wanted to land in a large market and destination city. Yes, Rangers paid a premium by making Panarin the best paid midfielder in the league, at $ 11.6 million a year for seven years, but they can afford to do so at this time.

They get one of the elite players in Panarin, who has the chance to become the front of a franchise under very strong lights. Offensive dynamics is the eighth of all players at the points (320) since the league entrance in 2015. He has emerged from his best career season in which he scored 28 goals and had 87 points.

Panarin, aged 27, is the last addition to what was a great off-season for New York. Blueshirts added the Finnish perspective, Kaapo Kakko, who promised defensive look Adam Fox (Carolina Hurricanes), Jacob Trouba (Winnipeg Jets) and now Panarin in the free agency. Also, some promising young players were present through the organization, so I'm in a very good place right now.

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Loser: San Jose Sharks

The big shark win came a few weeks ago when they reaffirmed Erik Karlsson, making sure he would not get the title of the free agent class this year. However, they paid a massive price (11.5 million dollars for eight years) to do so and suffered the consequences on Monday, the opening day of the free agency.

Due to Karlsson's prolongation, sharks had to track several good offensive pieces that walked on Monday, including Captain Joe Pavelski (signed a three-year contract with Dallas Stars) as well as Joonas Donskoi's (four- with Colorado Avalanche) and Gustav Nyquist (four-year deal with Columbus Blue Jackets).

This is a strong shot for sharks who will have to find ways to offset these losses in front of their group as they want to fight again next year. However, they extended RFA Timo Meier on a very solid deal ($ 6 million for four years) months, so there was no total loss in the face.