Would really love to know where people are pulling the 7-6-6 figure for the first three years from. I really don't think feaster would consider giving a 38 year old Iginla 6M a year. If he's truly in it for the home town discount I would be expecting a five year deal with numbers in the 6-4-4-3-2. A cap hit of around 4.5M is the very max I would expect feaster to go on a player of his age. If you look at other players his age that 7M a year would be a significant overpayment. A lot of unknowns regarding how long we can expect his productivity to keep up.
I remember with Lanny Mcdonald one year the guy could score at will and within 2 years he was lucky to put in 10 goals and that was during an extremely offensive era.
What happens when they drop him down to the 2nd line, less PP time and fewer shots per game...
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