Quoting: GiggywithGibby
I don't think they are optimistic deals. Terry would be getting 50 million over 7 years, seems fairly spot on to me. I know Zegras is flashy, and the skill is clearly there, but its not translating to the score sheet as much as it should be. Hughes is the cap for his draft class at an 8x8, Cozens was selected at 7OA and got a 7.1x7, I think he gets between 7 and 7.5 on an 8 year deal.
Nestrenko is just a whatever piece for me, yet another center, he's rail thin for his height, and yeah, there's skill there, but there's skill there in a lot of the youth Anaheim has. He won't be playing C on our roster, and I don't see it as a loss to get a natural winger, besides, NYR is short on centers, its a better fit on their end than one of our wingers.
Yeah, probably not on Silf, but as I said in the description, kind of don't care.
(https://thesportingtribune.com/welcome-to-the-nesterenkshow-ducks-nikita-nesterenkos-path-to-the-nhl)
This is sort of besides the point, but I read this interview with Nesterenko (shoutout Derek Lee) where he said he made the move to wing and actually prefers it
"Though he was originally drafted as a center, Nesterenko says that the last time he played down the middle was in prep school. “As soon as I got to juniors and then college, I played wing the whole way through. So I’d say I transitioned my game to wing now, I’m more comfortable playing wing.""
With that said, I wouldnt mind any of these deals. Though I agree I would be more willing to part with Tracey or Perrault if they were an option. Might restructure the bottom 6 a little, but as always the Defense looks perfect. If we make enough Dumba/Forbort ACGMs, GMPVB has to eventually listen to us, right?