2025-2026

I would think long and hard before paying Ullmark 6 mill a year from age 32-38

Listen, we’re never gonna find the perfect answer. Askarov and Knight are too big of gambles for a team that’s ready to cup contender in the coming years. We need a goalie NOW. Ullmark will give us 4-5 good years and hopefully a Cup in that time

I think we’d have to see what he looks like at that time. But I just really worry that a bad and big goalie contract could be what stops this from being a real dynasty, although you could argue not having a goalie stops that too. I think I’d go 6 mill x 3 years. Hopefully we’d have already won a cup and he’d take a discount on term to stay. Maybe even 6.5 to get him to take it. That’s 33-35, which is iffy but not through 38 which almost guarantees it as a disastwr

When Ullmark is up, I probably wouldn't go longer than 4 years. The market is gonna market, but if you are offering 6x4m, then unless he won you a cup prior to his contract expiring then I don't think he'd get too much more as a 32 year old. Assuming he didn't win already, he'll be at that age where guys will take a little less to play for a contender and hopefully win a cup.

True. That’d be okay with me