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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Per Sportsnet Taylor Hall is going to be open to creative and short term deals which I think could hurt the Flames chances of signing him.
Calgary is going to have to come with a 6-7 year offer to have a chance in my opinion.
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Or a verbal agreement on an extension. Teams can re-sign 1 year contracts at the mid-point of the season; Hall could leverage this into basically a 9 year contract.
Sign 1 year at a more affordable rate, then at the mid-point agree to terms on an 8 year extension, and since it goes to age 37, the overall cap hit might end up lower too.
For example.
1 year x 7m
8 years x 7m (front loaded with moderate bonuses in years 2,4 and 5 and a large bonus in year 3. Final 3 years at 4.5-5m each to bring down the cap hit.