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Originally Posted by Royle9
I full expect all 3 to be locked up, together as the new "core" if you will.
The team will be built around these guys, with hopefully Zayne joining as early as next year.
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I hope you are right (and you are an insider so you are more likely to be than I would be). I am hoping Conroy gets as much term as possible, 8 years for each of them would be ideal. I personally could care less about how much, care way more about term.
I would be fine with all of them getting 8% of next years cap (assuming a 93 million dollar cap that would be around 7.5 million each). Not say they should get the same number but I could care less about the number. In 4 years with where the cap is likely going that would end up being 6.5% of the cap in the middle of their contracts and dropping.
Carolina basically did the same thing. Jarvis signed for 8.43% of cap value at the start of his contract, already looks like a steal and is going to be below 7% of cap value in a couple years. Svechnikov signed for 9.3% of cap value and has proven to be a good contract. Even Kotkaniemi signed for 5.84% of cap value and looks like he will be a 40 point forward and soon making under 5% of cap value. Carolina's balance sheet looks so good beacuse they signed a third of their roster to longterm contracts banking on the salary cap continuing to rise at a rapid rate.