Yes.

Yes

Don't forget Nashville retains 250k!

love it

Although Bouchard is signing in the 5-6 range right

Yeah he probably will, especially if we sign him longer term. I'm hoping if we do a 1-2 year bridge deal we can go cheaper cuz that may be the only way we can re-sign him but we'll see 🤞

Not on a 2 year term. The comp is Noah Dobson, who signed a 3 year x $4M deal after a 51-point season just last summer. I could see Bouchard getting around $3M on a 1 year deal and ~$3.5M on a 2 year.

I think that was more of a Lou intimidation factor than a market rate though. Honestly even 4 would be an incredible deal.

Bouchard doesn't have arbitration rights, Holland is known to squeeze RFA's that can't go the arbitration route. He may not get the same deal as Lou, but it should be close.

Someone argued that Nurse could be used as a comp, but Nurse's second deal was 2 x $3.2M, so bring it on.

We'll see. I'd love to see a 2 or 3 year bridge but have a feeling it'll be just a 1 year deal.

No arb right certainly helps. Should be fun.