If anything I believe Matthews, not Marner would take a shorter contract deal, since Marner is Canadian living his boyhood dream of playing with the Leafs, meanwhile Matthews is an American who would wanna take a 6 or 7 year deal so he can become an UFA and leave to join an big American City team.

if pesce is upgrade over zaitsev, and I don't know if he is, canes would want to more. so you think Jensen is top 6 RHD. He certainly gets more than 925,000.

Jensen currently makes 812,500 on a 2 year contract to play in Detroit’s top 4. How much more would you think he’s worth...?

greg pateryn a bottom ender with Dallas got 2.25m a year for three years with Minni last summer. if Jensen is competent and he seems to be 2.5m minimum. it's his first big contract and maybe his last, I'm guessing money is going to a big factor in his decision.