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Originally Posted by jayswin
This contract is fine in terms of living up to it, won't find much argument there. It's that some wanted longer term, but it likely would have cost in the high 6's to 7's to get it done and then yeah, there is danger he won't live up to it over the years.
I'm happy with this for Mangianpane as we were paying him based on what is likely his best or close to best seasons. I wanted 3-5 years for Kylington as that's where I believe we stand to lose by going super short and walking him to UFA.
Kylington was someone that I would have loved at $3.5AAV on 4-5 years. I feel we'll be staring down a $6-$7+AAV contract PLUS the ability for him to walk and test free agency in two years. Not the end of the world, but if I was choosing, I would have gone Mangi short, Kylington long. Mangi would be hard pressed to beat what he's done significantly, Kylington I believe will beat what he's done significantly, so two years and a walk to UFA is an ugly pill to swallow from my projection of him.
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Originally Posted by getbak
Huberdeau and Weegar are both signed for the upcoming season. Lucic and Monahan's contracts are both over after the upcoming season.
If Huberdeau and/or Weegar sign extensions, there will be no overlap with the current Lucic and Monahan contracts.
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getback, I fully understand the contracts of the four players, maybe I was unclear in what I was suggesting there. It wasn't about fitting those players in together this season. What I was saying was this:
If Brad can't get deals done before the season then he will likely shift his strategy and acquire futures for Huberdeau and Weegar and then he will not be as worried about getting rid of Lucic or Monahan as we will not likley be a contending team.
If Brad
can get extensions done then suddenly we are a contending team and therefore getting rid of Lucic and/or Monahan suddenly does become important to acquire another top six forward or other pieces to go for it this season.
Was not suggesting anything to do with clearing cap space for Huberdeau and Weegars final year of their current contract.