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Originally Posted by Clarkey
He's a kid in an RFA position, Brad grinds him out for maybe 2 months max into the season (likely earlier) and he signs for what we need, probably 7.25x6. It's a negotiation and Brad is in the driving seat and he knows it. John-John didn't skip out on finishing college to be sitting on the pine. He wants to play and is just happy as a pig in doo-doo to be playing in the NHL with his new buds, if the team does well 10 games in he's going to be chomping at the bit to get in there, if they struggle he's going to be even more eager to get in there because he knows a team has a small window early on in the season to make the playoffs and he wants to win. Both sides will do well here and Johnny will be putting up the points in late November (if not earlier).
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If Brad "grinds" Gaudreau out and the best he can do is 7.25M for 6 years, Brad completely gets demolished in this negotiation.
If Gaudreau is getting 7M+, I think it has to be 7 if not 8 years.