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Originally Posted by stemit14
As always, it’s really dependent on the contract. I think Conroy sees Andersson as the future captain of the team (after Backlund retires) if Andersson is willing to sign an extension. If it’s for say $8 million/year for 8 years, I would be fine signing him. But if it takes something like $9.5 million per year, that’s too much IMO.
I think Andersson gets $9.5 million AAV in the open market (maybe more) so that might be the price to get a deal done.
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There are only ~35 defensemen earning more than $7M AAV in the NHL and an $8M x 8 contract would make Andersson the 17th highest paid dman.
He's is a good player, but he's definitely not a #1 dman. It'd be nice to see him re-signed, but anything higher than a Montour-type contract ($7-7.5M AAV) is too much.
Also, barring re-signings, there's also a fairly healthy crop of UFA defensemen in 2025 and 2026. 2025 alone has Orlov, Provorov, Gavrikov, Chychrun, Pettersson, Ekblad, Pionk, and Lindgren as potential options for teams at the deadline or July 1st. If Andersson's camp is expecting an $8M+ AVV, they might be in for a surprise.