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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
but a multi-year deal around 3 million/year (as is being suggested) is a lot of risk after what would amount to 1/10 of a regular season, especially with the cap dropping.
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The cap is dropping to 60M... 5% of cap allotment isn't a lot of risk for a top 6 forward.
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
I don't think they'll be a huge risk of losing him as our Center depth is poor and he's getting plenty of TOI including PP time, not to mention Hudler being here for a few more years.
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IMO the huge risk isn't that he'll want to go someplace with an easier roster spot or available ice-time... the risk is that his price tag will go up. I think the 3M price tag is about market value for what he's shown us thus far... that's immediately post-injury, without a proper training camp, before adjusting culturally, in his first year in the NHL. Add all those factors together and I just see him as having more in him then we've seen so far so I'd like the team to try and lock him up at a favorable rate now.