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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
If they sign Tavares to 12 mill they still need to extend Matthews and Marner at the end of next year, Nylander this year and outside of Zaitsev x 6 years and Rielly x 4 years they have no established defenceman locked up past the end of next year.
Tavares x 10.5 mill - let’s say he takes a hometown discount
Matthews x 9 mill - At the very least
Marner x 7 mill - He’ll easily command that
Nylander x 5.5 mill - at the very least
They need to shed salary from the likes of Marleau, Martin or Kadri to make it work if they want to keep all their shining pieces and Tavares.
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Yeah, and you see that discount is highly unlikely.
If you believe the reports that the Isles have offered $88 million, that offer is only $73.5 million. That will be ridiculously shocking if he leaves $14.5 million on the table. The only places where he can take a discount like that IMO are places where he can make back some of that lost gross with lower taxes. Dallas and Tampa for instance.