I think COL will pay up for him. He knows the organization already and would have a better team around him. Plus even if COL offers 6M he still would have a higher take home pay than with a 6.5M pre tax salary in Alberta

NYR declines, they don't have the space for Smith

Smith does make a bit more than their CAP can handle next year…maybe get another team in on the deal to eat a little salary so the CAP hit for NYR is brought down to 1.2 to 1.5 M….in the end Georgi is gone- and they will need a quality b/u…Shesty does tend to get hurt

That's a severe overpays for one year of Sanheim.