Apparently Laine wants 10m on long term. Think if you sheet him 10.5m x 5 years you put the jets in a tough spot. But offersheets don’t happen.

if you offersheet the jets they will offersheet one of your guys down the road

Yup, it’s just not good business. Owners have a vested interest in keeping salaries low.

Going to take 4 firsts to offersheet laine, I think jets match up to 10.5

Yup, and the way Laine has been progressing he just isn’t worth 4 1sts.

Tell me who is worth 4 firsts with a cap hit that high

Rantanen, Aho, Marner... but I agree. If you are going to over pay a player and give up the compensation is it really worth it?

I know they don't happen...just dreaming lol. But i'd love to put pressure on the Jets. And if they match, spend that unused money on Duchene (and you don't lose draft picks that way either).

Aho I would possibly agree, would have to be relatively elite Center that improves the play of two wingers, 4 firsts would only really make sense for mackinnon and current contract and Seth Jones possibly and his current contract, as soon as they 10.6 plus and 5 years comes into play, I don’t think there’s many that qualifie in my opinion

Possibly point, but really there is no player that fits in when you think about draft picks involved. I think maybe Matthews before his deal was signed is the only exception. But if you are sending a sheet for over 10.5m you have a lot of cap space. If you have a lot of cap space your team is likely a bottom feeder and those picks become very valuable.

Philly or possibly mtl, col maybe, kinda some up and coming teams that could be the final piece, but it could backfire and also be the derailment of a solid build. Tough thing to would be to mess with any rental hopes when the team is built