8yrs at 4M for Danault my reasoning

Created by: MONSTER1974

Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 27, 2021

Published: Mar. 27, 2021

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Signing Danault to an 8yr 32M deal (4M/yr cap hit) can be something that both sides can agree on.

From the Habs side, they know he’s a good center, solid shutdown capabilities, wins faceooffs, he’s francophone... he checks off a lot of boxes.

From an attitude standpoint, the Habs know they are getting someone who will give 110% every shift, and be a good example to any youth coming up into the lineup.

I would front load the deal.
Yrs1-4 at 5M
Yr5 at 4M
Yr6 at 3M
Yr7 at 2.5M
Yr8 at 2.5M

After 6yrs, he’ll have made 27M in salary. That’s an average salary of 4.5M, something I’m sure Danault can live with. After 6 yrs, he’ll be 35. If the Habs buy him out here, they’ll owe him 2/3 of the 5M for him to not even play (3.333M). If he’s bought out, he’ll have made 30.333M to have played 6 yrs. If not, he plays two more years at 2.5M in salary at a 4M caphit.

If Danault thinks he’ll be underpaid at 35 making 2.5M/yr, he can look around the league right now to see what kind of money 35yr old UFAs are making, because that’s what he would’ve been after a 6 yr deal.

There are currently only 2 NHL players making more than 2.5M/yr on 35+ contracts (Fillpula & Rinne).

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole		3	$925,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi		2	$2,500,000
Lehkonen, Artturi		1	$2,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Danault, Phillip	8	$4,000,000
Perry, Corey	1	$900,000
Tatar, Tomas	1	$3,500,000

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $1,958,333
Paul Byron: $533,333

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$67,410,120	$597,561	$1,175,000	$14,089,880

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($537,500$538K) C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6
Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $2,500,000$2,500,000 C UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
Tatar, Tomas $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $4,000,000$4,000,000 C UFA - 6	Caufield, Cole $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $900,000$900,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 5	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($637,500$638K) LD RFA - 1
Ouellet, Xavier $737,500$737,500 LD/RD UFA - 1

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Mar. 27, 2021 at 7:15 a.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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Didn't he already decline a 5x6 deal from them?

Mar. 27, 2021 at 7:19 a.m.

A_Habs_fan

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Quoting: justaBoss

Didn't he already decline a 5x6 deal from them?

Before the season, yes but with his performance he should’ve accepted it since he might get less now from the Habs

Mar. 27, 2021 at 7:21 a.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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Quoting: A_Habs_fan

Before the season, yes but with his performance he should’ve accepted it since he might get less now from the Habs

He's heading to free agency then. The C pool in free agency is weak this year, meaning a team in a dire need of center will overpay the guy. Danault's most likely a top3 guy in the market.

Mar. 27, 2021 at 9:02 a.m.

MONSTER1974

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He’s leading all up upcoming UFA centers in +/-, 6th in scoring. With pandemic hurting teams financially, I don’t know if another team is willing to offer a player a 5-6 yr deal who has never scored more than 13 goals in a season, and put up 50 pts only once. He’s a good player and this is a fair contract offer.

Could another team offer more, sure. And if they do, then congrats to Phil for signing it. But I doubt it’s in a scenario as good as he’d have it here.

He can be a 3C on a winning team, or a 1-2C on a sub par team.

If he wants to win, he’ll take this deal. If he just wants to get rich, he’ll likely go somewhere else.

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