Best guess is 13M

8x13m. Nate deserves to be paid, and now that he has his cup there’s no reason not to go for money.

I'd be surprised if it ended up being more than 11M. The guy has said he's very aware of how his salary affects team depth. I don't think he'll try to max out.

I think it depends on who will be available to add on. If there's a chance Avs can bring in a Kane/RoR/March/Future Consideration he will take a couple mil discount. Without knowing how much the cap will increase, its hard to say what it will look like on an 8 year. I could see a 10ish x 4-5y deal with promises to make it rain on him when/if the cap explodes. With EJ staying on the roster this year they can give him 12.3 without noticing.

First off, I find it interesting that he hasn't re-signed yet - you'd have thought this would have been pretty easy to get done after a Cup win but it clearly is not that simple. They need to get the deal done before the season starts; not having it done by then could spell trouble. That being said, I am of the mind that he ends up in the $10.5-11.5M range. People like Nate are not satisfied winning once - they want to win every year and he knows he can't take much more than that and still play on a competitive team for at least the next few years until the cap goes up. He'll be content at $11.29Mx8; making $13M will mean nothing to him if it means they can't sign a good 3C or have to salary-dump an important player.

Somewhere in the 11 to 12 range I'm guessing if it's longer term. He could go shorter term knowing he won't get screwed over by Sakic and get a later big deal.