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Honestly very impressive way to keep everyone in a reasonable way. Couple things I want to point at. It will be interesting if we can get Mitch at $7 mil; I think the time to do that is now since his camp said they might wait out the year and considering he is playing with JT, he might be worth $9 mil by next July 1. Also with Matthews, a lot of people have been painting him closer to 11 mil, so if he would go a mil short that would be great. Marner and Matthews aside, if you're giving Willie 4x5.5 I dont see why not just give him 7x6.25 (as it would have been an 8 year contract starting 18-19). Definitely dont see him asking for more than Pastrnak got. Lastly, I don't think Ryan Ellis will ever hit free agency nor do I think he will only cost $5 mil, but I do think it shows that we actually have $5 mil leftover to actually sign a relatively good Top 4 (Top 3?) D-man. Albeit I would for sure give that money to Gardiner which I assume he would sign for. Sorry, I will forever beam #TeamGardiner. I think he is a lot better than the fan base claims he is and provides a lot to this team. Just needs the right D-man (or 2016-2017 Nikita Zaitsev) and it could be a great pair.