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Originally Posted by guuar
Eichel and McDavid should both be expecting near the MAX. Same thing with Auston Matthews. Especially if all 3 are able to repeat or build upon the production they demonstrated this season.
It's reasonable that just about every team in the league would give up four 1st round picks for any of McDavid, Eichel or Matthews. You instantly acquire that elite #1 center. Four 1st round picks on average will give you one solid NHL player.
I fully expect McDavid to be asking for 14M and it's likely Eichel and Matthews could both be getting offers of 10-12M.
Teams may no like it but this is the cost that is going to be associated with franchise generational type players. It's not like Buffalo did anything special to get Eichel. They intentionally lost games. I think Reinhart gets a deal similar to Monahans. Either way That could easily be tacking on 16-18M just for those two contracts.
Fact is Conroy is best off being promoted as a GM in Calgary. He knows the owners, the organizations structure and the players respect him. It's an ideal situation with less pressure.
Would you want to be the GM that lost Jack Eichel to an offer sheet. Nothing to stop the NY Rangers from Offering Eichel a 7 year $98 million offer sheet.
Kopitar has a 14M cap hit and it wouldn't be surprising if either of these three kids were offered the same.
Buffalo is already up against the cap. They have around 12M coming off this year and need to re-sign Kulikov and that is going to be at least 5m to 6m of that free space right there.
Quite frankly the Buffalo GM job might end up being one of the worst in the NHL.
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1. Neither player will get anywhere near $14. McDavid will likely be in the $11-12 range and Eichel in the $7-$8 range. Matthews too soon to say but likely in the $8-$10 range.
2. Reinhart would be lucky to get Monahan's deal. Monahan was coming off 31G/62P and 27G/63P campaigns while Reinhart has failed to score more than 47 points once. It's much more likely he signs a bridge deal OR a long term deal in the $5-$5.5 range.
3. Conroy being promoted to the GM spot in Calgary is not a guarantee, especially when we currently have (in my opinion) one of the best up and coming GM's in the league.
4. If the Rangers are stupid enough to offer that to Eichel (they aren't, no one is) then you say see ya later and let him walk.
5. Ask LA how that Kopitar deal is going for them right now.
6. Kulikov is likely gone anyways so no use worrying about that.
7. A GM job is still a GM job. Every team has their own unique sets of challenges. Buffalo may not be the most glamorous or easiest but it would still be a great opportunity for Conroy and I can't see him (or anyone offered the job) turning that down because they MIGHT get a better offer in the future.