He won't agree to 8

what would he agree to?

either a 3, 5, or 6 year term
use Aho as a price reference

This is best for Tampa .. lock up his 20s and call it a day .. shuffle some bodies and play with 22 conracts

Point has never said anything like that. It’s BriseBois who is pushing for a bridge because we can’t afford a higher AAV for more term.



We can’t even do this, though, because of performance bonuses (not to mention I don’t see anyone accepting Condon from us without a more valuable asset attached). If we go over on performance bonuses, we have less cap space for next year when our situation becomes much worse than it is right now. I would assume for eight years we could get him on $9.5m, helping a little, but not enough. Nobody is denying that bridging Point is essentially setting a time bomb, but I just don’t see another choice.

Nah .. only talking 1mil or so gap .. chump change.. and focus should be ONLY on 2019 .. if Tampa doesnt win Cup many trades will occur which will solve 2020 issue .. which is real and a 10M gap at least .. trading Stamkos if Tampa fails solves all 2020 issues and brings good assets for future.. easiest move. If not no way there is room for Sergachev with recent RFA D contracts.. it again "Cup or Bust" is Tampa theme this year after humiliation of last year