Quoting: JonJon
I'm not thinking of a breakout season because in many ways he already had that. I'm just looking at other deals that have been done in the recent past in similar situation. Not sure if you want to even call it a bridge deal, just a smaller deal. I don't think any good GM wants to evaluate the worth of a player based on a good chemistry with another player.
Fair enough, but I'm more interested in taking these ideas to the logical conclusion, from a completely numbers standpoint. The best way to make money in the NHL is with an 8 year contract front loaded as much as possible with as much signing bonus as possible. If Morrissey has some issue with staying in Winnipeg for 8 years or the Jets have an issue with offering for 8 years, or don't want to maximize the amount of money they give him due to injury risk or whatever, then c'est la vie.
In regards to chemistry, my thoughts exactly. Which is why, he can likely be signed for much cheaper than he's worth. You can show empirically that Josh Morrissey increases the shot metrics of all his d partners. That is huge because for Trouba it's the difference between being outshout and outshooting the opponent when he's on the ice. If that doesn't remind you of another non-flashy defenseman that breaks just above even corsi, isn't known for offense, and elevates his teammates metrics, then I refer you to the preds series for one Mattias Ekholm. Going by Ekholm's box score stat line, he is about a 3-5mill player and yet I found myself thinking he was better than PK, Josi, and Ellis. That's exactly what Morrissey is. As a fan, I want to see him locked up for as many years as we can get, as cheaply as you can get when you're signing someone for their effect on teammates, and not actual offense or box score stats.