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Originally Posted by chedder
But we're getting Huberdeau's 29 year old year at $5.9.
And Johnny got 9.75 for 29-36 (8 years)
So only one year difference with a cheaper age 29 year for Huberdeau. We can have him for 9 years and he'll only be one year older than Gaudreau at the end of it. If rebuild isn't the goal, pay the man.
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I'm in 'screw it just sign him' mode, too. Just saying that the market set for Gaudreau and Tkachuk (all prime years) bodes well for potential value. The low AAV on a team at the culmination of its build is absolutely worth paying the piper for later.
Johnny only got 7 years. He'll be 35 for the last year of his deal and turn 36 that off-season.
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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Or we could wait and see how he performs in Calgary first.
As stoked as I am on the trade, he's still an aging winger coming off likely the best season he'll ever have. If we pay him 10.5 for 7 or 8, what would we give to a franchise centre coming off an ELC to lock up their prime years? McDavid money?
If it's 8 years for Huberdeau, AAV should be under 10 I reckon.
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That would be a nice problem to have. Things are certainly shifting towards higher value on RFA years, but teams (except Dubas) still have enough leverage to generally keep them in check:
Hughes 8x8 (signed 2021, kicks in this year)
Suzuki 8x7.875 (ditto)
Eichel 8x10 (signed 2017, started 2018)
Hischier 7x7.25 (ditto)
Draisaitl 8x8.5 (signed summer 2017 and kicked in that fall)
All but Drai signed a full season ahead of these deals kicking in, straight off their ELCs.
Rob Thomas did a cheap 2 yr bridge and now locked in a year early for 8x8.125M
Interestingly, summer 2016 is when Monahan (7), MacKinnon (7), and Scheifele (8) in the low 6s AAV.
There was a real jump from those 3 situations to Draisaitl the following year. Drai's numbers going into his deal were a bit better, but not by as much as you might think to warrant a 2.2M+ bump compared to those three.