I bet Hronek will get more. And he'll definitely want 8 years

It will be hard to give him a bigger AAV than Quinn, and a 49M contract is not toi shabby

Hughes didn't sign for 8 years and when he signed the cap was lower

Agreed. Hughes deal won't factor, it's up in 2 years anyways, and then he'll get his giant bag.

I think you're looking at 8.5 per for Hronek. Comp is Sergachev, IMO, maybe a bit less term. I've been hearing the argument on local radio that they shouldn't pay Hronek because he's playing with Hughes, and compared this year to what Hughes did for Schenn last year, which is a joke, because it discounts Hronek's skill level. Sure, Hughes makes him better, but it's working both ways. (That said, I think the team would be better defensively if they put Hronek with Soucy and put either Juulsen or Cole with Hughes).

11.5 per sounds about right for Petey, unless he goes off in the New Year and gets himself back in the Art Ross conversation.

To quote Burnaby Joe, "if you want to be a great team, you have to have great players". And great players get paid.

Yeah Sergachev seems like a good comp. It'll probably be an overpay for the first few years but if you look at the player (hopefully) improving combined with the cap also going up it can end up being a fair deal or even a bargain for the team in the later years.