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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Well, first of all, it would have been illegal to extend him until the beginning of this year, but have a look at the estimates in the off season. None of them started with an 11.
I'd be hard pressed to give him that right now. 4th highest player in the league? I didn't think Panarin was worth what he got and still don't. But I'd need to know more about the cap projections. I'll admit he has looked 100X better than last year, when I was leery of something starting with 9. That's Kucherov money. And he's not better than Kucherov.
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Kucherov would get $11M if he didn't play in Florida.
And regardless of whether Panarin is worth it or not, a franchise player who brings fans to the arena is going to get paid on the open market.
Gaudreau is a franchise player who brings fans to the arena.
Someone is going to pay him. And I don't feel like losing him over $1M, or $2M, or even $3M.
Philadelphia has $15M coming off the books just in Giroux, Ristolainen and Braun - I think they might be willing to go 7x$11.6M for the hometown kid who sets the building on fire every time he plays there. It might not even take that much for them.
It will take that much for us.