Can’t see Drysdale being taken here. They’ll take Barron/Schneider with the Isles pick. If they take Laf, I’d assume they’ll take one of Stutzle, Rossi, Lundell depending where they pick

i wanna see drysdale at that pick personally and wanna see us trade isles pick and a 2nd to move up and get either askarov or lapierre, so many scenarios

I wouldn't touch Lapierre in the first, and you already have your goalie of the future in Søgaard right? (Also please take Schneider and/or Barron, leave the two better RD in Grans and Niemela for the ducks)

I’d love to get Laf, one of Byfield/Stutzle/Rossi + 1 of Barron/Schneider/Sanderson in this draft

Why the Tanev deal?

why would tkachuk sign that contract?

gotta get over min cap and would be a great partner for brannstrom to help his transition to be as aggresive offensively as hes used too

seems like a very fair deal imo when you look at comparables

He'd be giving up several years of UFA status and it ignores the trend of high end RFAs taking deals leading them to arbitration and UFA if not getting huge bucks.

chabot/connor/morrisey/schmaltz/keller all signed long term, can be done, alot of those other rfas that didnt take term is also because there team couldnt afford that aav

the game has changed in the last 8 months. players are taking 3 year deals that takes them to arbitration and then UFA. he is not going to give up tons of money to sign an 8 year deal. Look at Point, Werenski etc.

tampa couldnt afford term with point
Werenski deal just came together late and im not sure the full story on that one

the point is, players aren't signing for max term at a discount anymore. why would tkachuk limit himself so much?

because hes making more money on aav then he would on any short term deal, and hell be a ufa at 29

Hes giving up 4 years of UFA. He'd be crazy to take an 8 year deal at such a low AAV.

hed be getting a 54Million dollar contract, hes had a 44 point season and a 45 point season, your acting like this is highway robbery and theres nothing in it for him, what if he signs a 3 year deal at 5M aav, and puts up points in the 40s or gets injury plagued or something through that contract and misses out on all that money?nobody can predict the future, its a calculated risk and deal on each side that makes sense for both, thats why guys sign term