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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I think Andersson will get 6 years on his next deal.
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I think 6 years is the worst possible situation for Andersson, it takes him to being a UFA just before he turns 36. That's either league min to keep playing or forced retirement territory. There are currently only 10 D-men in the league over 35. 4 of them are currently on near league min just keep playing deals (Giordano, Weber, Staal, J Johnson).
With a 6 year contract Andersson best case afterward would be Goligoski at 36 signing a $2M deal.
Ryan Suter and Kris Letang are out layers signing big at 35+ and I doubt Andersson plans to get there.
There are 2 paths he could take, Seabrook, Burns, Vlasic, sign the big 8 year deal in the late 20s. Or Martinez, Petry set yourself up for 1 more ~4 x ~$5M deal around 33/34.
I think he looks for 4 years at a high number, or 8 years at a team deal like Weegar, so that he has the chance to grab another decent contract.
I honestly am not 100% sure which the flames would prefer, generally teams should want the lower cap hit, but there is a good argument to be made for trying to sign him to the shorter term bigger payment, then check-in in 4 years to see if he is still worth another contract at a lower hit (just when all these draft picks they are building up are exiting their ECLs). Typically for a guy like Andersson you'd think you want the big contract that takes you right to 38.