What might Chychrun’s next contract look like?

I’d say he deserves 7 x 6.5 ish

I’d be pretty shocked if he was able to command more than 7M at most

I don't think Minnesota does that. The Wild are still laboring under the Parise - Suter buyouts and adding that much cap when Middleton has proven to fit Minnesota quite well just doesn't seem advantageous, especially if it costs them the 13th overall pick in June. Then there's the additional point that Middleton will be much cheaper to re-sign than Chychrun, and I'm not sure that upgrading the left side of the defense is high on the Wild's list of priorities. I think that you'd be lucky to persuade Bill Guerin to do that even if you substituted one of Minnesota's three A-prospects at LhD for Middleton. Finally, I don't think that the fact that Chychrun's current deal is 50% underwater this year helps.

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