I'd be on board with that.

You should consider extending Troubs and Morrissey the full 8. It would be much more beneficial to have him hit free agency as close to 32 and 31 as possible. His value takes a severe hit the further from 30 he gets and resigning him hopefully won't break the bank for us way, way down the line. 5 years has Trouba hit free agency as a 29 year old and then we could be screwed trying to sign him if these next few years end up being what Winnipeg fans are hoping for.

Other than that a couple creative differences, but I would be perfectly happy if all that came to pass.

Though I agree and the 7-8 year terms are preferable, the players have to agree to them! Also the $ figure goes up and probably lands closer to 7M which doesn't work within this cup window as we need about 5M in Bonuses (Vesalainen bonus isn't accounted for here)

If you go by Matt Cane's predictions he has Trouba at 5.99mill for 8 years as a fair deal. That prediction is strictly math based on his stats, the rising salary cap, and past free agents and contracts similar to his. It doesn't take into account Trouba or his agent getting greedy. That said, it's not in Trouba or Overhardt's best interests to do that. Trouba has been down that road before and you don't win a staring contest with Chevy. Trouba acknowledged that at the final press conference. He lost truckloads of money in that holdout, and his subsequent bridge deal, and the financial consequences of that holdout are going to be felt for the rest of his career.

Part of the way salaries are structured by the CBA and how GM's can frontload contracts, giving Trouba a 48mill/8yrs deal and front loading it as much as possible stands to make him more money than a short term deal at 6mill and another short term deal at a small to moderate raise, even if you structure them similarly to a single big one. The Jets have the freedom to do so as we have some of the wealthiest owners in Canada backing our finances.

The nature of contract negotiations is that there is a conflict between player and GM, but between the fact that Trouba is openly against another holdout, and that Chevy can offer him a fair deal that gets him paid 30+ mill in the next 4 years, a shade over 6mill at 8 years is not unrealistic.