Contracts are off and Muzzin can’t play on his offside. But the Bogosian idea is awesome.

How is Dermott cheaper than Holl ?

The league minimum contracts for the 3rd line trio are in line with what they should get but i think that a couple RFA contracts are a bit off. Mikheyevs injury might negatively impact his contract but i think he gets more than a year at 2 million. They should bet on him and give him a 3-4 year deal at around 2.5-3 M. If he can keep up his offensive prodution around a 40 point pace that would be a steal of a deal when you factor in his intangibles. I guess if he wants to bet on himself being healthy and takes the one year at 2 million in order to knock it out of the park next year and try and get a much bigger contract we could see him taking a similar deal to the one you proposed. He has arbitration rights and if he stayed healthy and kept up his production he probably would have gotten significantly more than 2 mill from an arbitrator on a 1 year deal. Sucks for him that he got injured.

When we are healthy Engvall will be probably be bumped down the lineup which will probably result in a decline in production. Unless they feel like Kerfoot should stick with JT at LW and they try Engvall at 3rd line centre between Johnsson and Kap (which i would actually love). I feel like we are going to ship out a johnson or Kap and Engvall will be a cheaper replacement for one of them.

Dermott may not have the points but he is more valuable to us than 1.5 M. for a 3 year deal i think he gets at least 2.5. I would pass on Muzzin only for the fact that he isn't a RHD and we need to make room on the left side for Sandin. I also think that he will get more than a three year deal and i dont want to commit to a non star player above 30 for any longer than that.

I love the idea of taking a fly on Bogosian at 1 million a year. If he could stay healthy for us next year he could really inflate him value and try to get another slightly bigger contact after that(not from us though). i would pass on Elliot.

Dermott plays on the third pair and a couple minutes less per game than holl. I get that dermott is young with potential but if he wants a short deal he shouldn't receive more than a guy playing more minutes and against harder competition.

Dermott cap hit should only be higher if he signs long term.

I think Dermot is better than his stats. Folks say he's a third pairing ( I have yet to see anyone explain the numbering system), but last year Dermot played with a Russian rookie. Now he's playing well with the favourite whipping Ceci as his partner. Seems like he isn't being sheltered at all. Barrie and Reilly don't play the PK, so I always wonder why the so called third pairing plays against harder competition.