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Originally Posted by mdubz
No reason to do it now and give up assets when he will be a UFA in the summer.
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If they really wanted to... that extra year could shave the AAV down.
These numbers make me a bit sick but as an exercise:
15m x 7 years vs 13m x 8 years
What's the 2m in cap space worth to the team? What's the extra year worth to Rantanen?
Under it all is the cost to get him now... the rumored cost from the Leafs is high as is giving up someone like Stankoven ++
Ultimately, it may make sense for those teams, but why would we part with... say Coronato, Bru, Honzek + 1st when we're not even competitive?