What can lee do that landeskog cant?

Not sure he’d take that. Seven years maybe, but I’d bet isles could meet this term and price

Nothing. But it ain’t bad to have two of those types of players.

Well he is very expensive so it might hurt their cap situation as opposed to other free agents

You’re probably right; I’m not intimately familiar with the Isles situation. To be honest, 6 years is a year longer than I wanted to go, but I imagine Lee will command it. So, if it gets to 7, I hope the Avs bow out. If he wants higher AAV, I’d go 5x7M, but I imagine the Isles can offer that too.

Expensive, yes, but a ~$7M contract doesn’t hurt the Avs right now, and probably won’t until MacKinnon is due his raise in 4 years. At that point, the landscape will be very different, and while I’m all for future planning, the Avs window is open now and for the next 4 years (hopefully longer). We need second line scoring, and Lee provides that among other things. He’s not the only UFA I’d be interested it, but this is just one off-season idea I’m playing with.

How about taking advantage of a cap strapped team like vegas or tampa?