Quoting: KSIxSKULLS
I guess it depends on desperation. I don't think I would mind giving him 7m short term, especially with cap going up massively, but there's going to be a team that gives him 6 or 7 years at the AAV.
Quoting: aadoyle
Montour I feel someone gonna be stupid and give him 7m
Quoting: Rolfadinho
Just hope it ain’t by us since we already have so many pricey contracts on our team.
It will be intersting to see how the market shapes up for Hanifin, Pesce, Skjei, Montour, Walker, Tanev, and maybe even (Matt) Roy, Gostisbehere, and maybe Demelo. Toews, H. Lindholm, Severson, and Weegar deals set comps
I highly doubt Carolina lets both their UFA goes go, but they have talented blueliners in the system so term might be a big factor for them. Pesce seems too valuable for them to walk away from especially with Burns approaching 40 and the end of his contract up soon.
The market for those guys will be pretty robust so term with $6-8 million AAV will be on the table easily.
Maybe a guy like Zadorov can slip in a higher $ amount in the next tier but if he wants to go to a good team in a big market (Boston, Toronto, NY/NJ) he'll be lucky to get $4 million and be in the same grouping as Tinordi, Desharnais, Myers, Lyubushkin, Dumba, or Forbort; teams would rather have OEL, Dillon, or Hakanpää; IMO.