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Originally Posted by TOfan
Bennett's played 12 nhl games & we already know he's getting that 6 million dollar deal eh?
One season at a time, k?
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The middler RFA's seem to be getting the 2 year bridge deals, core RFA's seem to be skipping that step more often so teams can eat up a few years of the UFA time.
Couture - 6.0
Landeskog - 5.6
The Oiler Triplets - 6.0
Duchene - 6.0
Seguin - 5.8
Skinner - 5.7
E. Kane - 5.25
Van Riemsdyk - 4.25
Bjugstad - 4.1
Johansen (bridge deal) - 4.0
Monahan and Gaudreau's trajectory appears to be higher than some of those as far as stats and cap is higher than when those deals were done. Those two likely get signed to longer deals to eat up a few years of UFA time and skip the bridge deals.
I am hoping we have the same problem with Bennett. You should at least be planning for that as you consider spending money on other players so you don't put your team in a bad position.
Watch the Tarasenko, Saad, Nyquist and Kadri deals this summer.