Duclair went from promising talent to AHL calibr player in his RFA season. Panik has arbitration rights which brings up his ability to get higher value back in his contract. Duclair is 21. Panik is 26. He is looking for his pay day now.

Actual comparables for Panik are:

Perreault - 3M - 2 years ago deal
Tatar 2.75M - 2 years ago deal
Nelson - 2.5M - Last year deal
Komarov - 2.95M -2 years ago deal

Duclair and Panik are not comparables. Age, stats, contract status play a big part in negotiations. 1.25-1.5M makes no sense for 26 year old who scored 20+ goals last year with , who has arbitration rights.

Another big part is the term. 3 years at 1.25M? Not even close. If he takes another bridge deal, he'll take it for 1 year at maybe 2.5M. At 3 years he'll want minimum of 8M over the term of the contract. (2.66M) That is a start. I expect it to fall a little closer to 3M avg.

I agree with Marco, 2.5M per year at least

Fair enough, I'll decide either on either a 1 year 2.5m or 3 years at 2.75. Sound good?

Chicago

Richard Panik - 2 years @ 1.25m

Just bringing it back up but Chicago just signed panik to a 2.8M AAV deal for 2 years today

Colorado: Colin Stevens 2 years @ $715k per.



Marco wasn't far off then.
There you go Thornton. Nobody can complain if you do that signing.

Voila. I guess Panik and his agent were listening.

Also just FYI rico, Stevens was signed for 700K for 1 year.. not 715K for 2...

Yeah, 700k didn't meet his qualifier, so I had to re-sign him to a legal contract.

Holy moly, you went that in depth for Colin Stevens? Haha Good job!

Can I sign Petter Hansson to a 2 year $700K contract?

4. Players whose rights belong to your team, but have never signed an ELC (in real life), may be signed to an ELC at the GM's discretion (to a standard 3 year contract @ $900,250). Warning: This is no guarantee a player will ever play in the real NHL, so do your research and deal with these players accordingly.

Did you mean S925,000? Just wondering because $900,250 seems like a pretty random number.