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Originally Posted by Bingo
Really comes down to the relationship.
He seemed pretty sincere when he signed the deal that he felt it was structured in a way to make sure they could bring back the whole team. Bottom line it was certainly the type of deal that was being handed out around the league (Point, Boeser, Sergachev).
Hopefully the team has an idea on what he plans to do with the $9M qualifying offer. If they've already had that chat and it's just a number in signing a long term contract that makes sense for both sides (as in he has expressed he wants to stay here) then I doubt he's going anywhere.
If he's tight on the topic though I think they have to move him whether he's asked for a trade or not.
Same as Gaudreau. Get a sense of what he wants for dollars and term and if it doesn't work ... move him.
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So the back loaded contracts with huge QO were for the good of keeping the team together, I missed that altogether.
Tampa's in a crunch this summer and again the next year where Point is likely expecting 9M as the starting point and the year after Point Shergachev is looking at 7.2 as his starting point along with Cernak 4.4 and Cerrilli 7.2
Contracts actually better for the teams:
Aho who got the match on the offer sheet got his money up front and the last 2 years before he is a UFA his salary is 6m and change while his cap hit stays at 8.46.... That makes him far more marketable than having the 12 and 10 M he got on the first 2 years for his last 2 years.
Same for the other prime ELC that actually signed long term deals
Rattanen last 3 years a 6, 9.5, 6 blow his cap hit of 9.250
Connor has pretty close to the same salary as his CaP hit of 7.1 M
The teams that retained control of the situation were the Jets with Laine and Columbus with Dubois ... QO of 7.5 and 6.65 respectfully.
It will be interesting what kind of deal Laine gets this summer from Columbus. If there is any chance that Tkachuk be extended at term with less than 9M cap hit.... Laine need to be signed to term at less than 7.5.