He wants candy maybe?

Probably 7x7

I think he's too old for you to lure into you're windowless van with those promises.

Fluto Shinzawa reported that he turned down the Bruins offer because of the Ekblad deal and appearntly the Bruins weren't in the same ballpark. I don't subscribe to the Athletic so I don't know entirely what was in the story, but NBC Sports Boston's Darren Hartwell posted a story about it so thats how I found out. McAvoy Turned Down Extension Last Offseason

thank you

It shouldn't really matter what a player wants. It what others teams may offer him. (offer sheet). IMO Leafs got sucked in paying too much for RFA Nylander and Matthews, don't know why the Bruins should overpay.

McAvoy isn’t eligible for an offer sheet

Wow, I nearly fell out of my chair, laughing!

I think his injury issues will stop Boston from paying that. I think he's gonna get a shorter term deal.

If they’re dumb, they’ll bridge him. He had a concussion. Whatever

He's had more than a Concussion. And he was out a long time with the one he had.
He's only 21, they can sign him to a 3 year deal or something. Boston will still have RFA control when it ends and not get roped into something longer term with a player with injury issues. Especially if his ask is 7 million a year.

They can sign him up to 5 year and he'll still be an RFA at the end of it, but it makes zero sense for him to sign a deal that doesn't get him to FA. So he'll sign a 7 year deal. That's the most advantageous for both him and the team. Gets him to FA at 28 and Bruins get him a couple years after RFA status runs out. If they want to sign him for anything 5 years and under the only advantage for Charlie is if they pay him through the nose for it. I'm talking $55/5 because he'd be stupid not to over charge significantly to give the Bruins the rights to him as an RFA again. I wanna see what the offer sheet compensation is for this year. I think the Bruins are going to offer him something towards the top of what would classify him as a tier 3 compensation. Enough so that if teams try to offer him they will have to cross into tier 2 territory to do it.

See I think we disagree here. You offer him a prove you can stay healthy deal. Because so far, he hasn't. You have to look at it beyond the players perspective. The team has to do what is best for it financially. You sign a 2-3 year prove it deal, and if he does, they you can extend him 8 years. You will get his prime years and be done with it. If you sign him 8 years now, you get him till he's 29 and he's out the door. But you wait 3 years and he's 32 and the prime years are gone. It just makes too much sense in a lot of ways.