Old friends new faces UFA signings

why does vlasic have an aav of 6 mil? i guess people just like to give any player with the last name vlasic an overpayment....

$6M is a bit much, but I'd expect $5 for 7 years or something around that.

I guess you missed the part where Alex Vlasic has been one of the best top-4 defensive d-men in the league this year, in his first full-time season in the NHL. There has been plenty of speculation about locking him up with term. Because in a few years, he could possibly command way more than that, especially considering how much the cap is supposed to go up over the next bunch of years. As @exo2769 said, $6M is probably too much, but it isn't too far off.

6 Million is probably not too much with the cap projection. If he would sign for anywhere in 5-6?I would be ecstatic.

For a contract with such a small sample size to go off of, $6M could be too much. I would understand if they went that route, because I'm almost sure that as the team gets better his offense will follow. But if he turns out to just be a shutdown guy, I would rather not chance the overpayment. If Vlasic and his agent are looking for that on a long term deal, I think KD probably opts for the bridge deal at like $2.5-3.5M x 2 or 3 years. Maybe even go 4 years, walk him to free agency and then try to get him locked up before that contract expires.

AFP predicts him, for a long term deal, at $4.7M x 6, and, for a short term deal, $2.5M x 3 years. And they are usually pretty accurate, taking a lot of different variables into account, including, but not limited to, historical contract data, cap projections, stats, and development arcs.