Quoting: GMs
2 years at 2M is good, anyway Simek is probably worth 2 1st rd pick for you
Quoting: papishark
Maybe for someone, but Jost isnt really a good center at this point in his career. His faceoffs are brutal brutal, and 28 point pace on one of the best teams in the league is not impressive, also hes up for a new contract this summer and it wont be under 2 mil so not cost controlled
Quoting: papishark
Uh no, hes probably worth like a third, im not unreasonable, I just like to do moves that make sense for the sharks.
Jost's comparables are Sam Bennett ($1.95m x 2 years, then $2.55m x 2 years) and Lawson Crouse ($1.53 x 3 years). Salary estimating tools put his next contract at $2.1m x 2-3 years. It wouldn't surprise me to see Jost resign at closer to $1.5m than $2m due to the flat cap and his likely desire to want to stay in Colorado. Whatever the case, even if Jost doesn't develop beyond being a 3rd liner his contract will still be really good value given that most solid 3rd liners these days cost $3m+.
For what it's worth I also think you're confusing "cost-controlled" and "cheap". You can argue that $2m for Jost isn't "cheap", but it's a fact that he's "cost-controlled" by virtue of being an RFA for another 4 years. Colorado have all the leverage in his situation.
As for the faceoffs, yes he's pretty bad at them, but judging a players ability solely on his ability to take faceoffs is really small-sighted given how small a factor faceoffs actually are overall.