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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Honestly I think this is a bit where the discrepancy lies though.
$6M really is barely 1st liner money anymore. I swear people still look at $6M as being elite top line player money like it was when Iggy came out of the lockout, or as top line player just 6 years ago when Johnny/Mony signed, but that's not the case. True elite top line players are getting $8M+ now.
29 forwards made over $8M last year
79 forwards made over $6M last year.
104 forwards made over $5.5M last year.
121 forwards made over $5M last year.
$5-5.5M is kind of second line money right now.
I'd agree that Scorp was on the high end for sure at $6M x 6. It's not that I don't think Mangiapane couldn't live up to that deal, but you shouldn't HAVE to play him that much for what he's shown so far.
But if you could get Mangiapane to a long term deal around $5M then it's fair value for what he already brings, and could be great value if he continues to develop in a bigger role with more 5v5 and special teams time.
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Iggy was not a top line player making $7M he was a franchise player and one of the very best players in the league when he signed that extension. Based on your stats up there $6M is still a first line forward money when you take 104/31 basically shows that a little more than 3.3 forwards per team make $6M so your top line and second line C. End of the day I know some teams have more or less.
I am still waiting to hear which forward who was not coming out of an elc got 6x6 when they have not actually scored 20 goals in a season or 35pts?
I really think the Rasmus Andersson contract would be the deal to sign before this season and if he wants more than $5M per he needs to go out and earn it next year. I definitely agree with your last sentence there