Nichushkin just turned 27 in March, which makes it a lot less scary to give him term...Friedman mentioned that he is priority #2 (after MacKinnon extension) - I wonder if they could lock him down for like 8x4M.
COL's cap is actually in great shape; the biggest crunch will be next summer when NM's extension kicks in + modest raises to Byram + Newhook. But Erik Johnson's 6M comes off the books then, too.
I wonder what COL does in net next year? Francouz is a nice platoon option - I wonder if they'd take a shot with Blackwood? They could also do a pretty big 1 year deal for MAF
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