Jedi 1,865 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Per Aaron Ward... Detroit Red Wings agree to terms with Frans Nielsen on a 6 year/ $5.25M AAV contract. And Ansar KHAAAAAN!!! Red Wings have signed center Frans Nielsen to 6-year deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul MacLean's Mustache 44 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) GROANNNNN Edited July 1, 2016 by Paul MacLean's Mustache Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DatsyukianDekes 2,428 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Not great but Not horrible. He's a good two way center. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 greene709 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPT 26 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 I'm good with this, ideally would have been for 4 or 5 years but the market is what it is. With this term wishing even more we didn't sign Helm..... 1 Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TankIt 9 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Are you F*××*ng kidding me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDetroitRedWings 286 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Ok the term is too long. No doubt about it. But that cap hit is actually pretty reasonable. Just a few days ago I read he wanted in the neighborhood of 6.5 mill. The guy brings a lot to the table. Good faceoff guy, can set guys up and score, and most importantly is also a good defensive forward. 3 amato, RedWingsin2011 and Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xault 272 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 I feel pretty meh about this...Not much we could do, we needed a top 6 center. 1 greene709 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dominator2005 558 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Ouch... 6 years for 32 old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amato 3,210 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Mehhh that term. At least the cap hit is tolerable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeymom1960 5,107 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 #FIRE HOLLAND #HOLLANDYOUSUCK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fonzarelli 73 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Terrible signing. We need a defensive forward? Really? Way too long for way too much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copenhagen848 58 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Yep, cap hit is ok, term too long, per typical Holland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcom007 1,465 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Cap hit isn't horrible. Term is brutal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MileHighWingsGuy 178 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 I had come to grips with the fact Nielson was likely our target after missing out on Stamkos but the Helm contract over signing an Okposso or Lucic is still stinging. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeymom1960 5,107 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Hope this won't turn into another Weiss. It probably will. Holland is a piss poor GM. 1 F.Michael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Not my top choice but we need to fill out the top 6. Hopefully there's more on the way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richdg 267 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Just pissing away our cap and Mr. I's cash. Not making us better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kylee 727 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) Ok the term is too long. No doubt about it. But that cap hit is actually pretty reasonable. Just a few days ago I read he wanted in the neighborhood of 6.5 mill. The guy brings a lot to the table. Good faceoff guy, can set guys up and score, and most importantly is also a good defensive forward.Who is he going to set up? We can't score Edited July 1, 2016 by kylee 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tr!PoD#19 524 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Isles fans tell me he's a 50 point 2 way C who plays #1 pp and pk, while drawing the toughest defensive assignments. He's also one of the best at the shootout. Wish he was 2 years younger. 2 krsmith17 and Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Not my top choice but we need to fill out the top 6. Hopefully there's more on the way We don't have the money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,228 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Love Nielsen, hate the contract. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poel 28 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 Honestly. 6 years. Holland needs to go. Now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TankIt 9 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 We should be happy next year with a 1st round exit. That would be a hell of a coaching job by Blashill. You have to think this is going to give the Ilitches more of a reason to "promote" Holland, and bring back the Captain to open the arena. They need some type of product to drive sales beyond the first year... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt198913 932 Report post Posted July 1, 2016 This is the absolute worst contract this dumbass has ever signed. This is Jeff Finger bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites