I wonder how much teams like Colorado, Winnipeg, Carolina and Tampa are pushing to get these guys (Rantanen, Laine, Point, Aho) extended before Marner signs. If he sets the market at something along the lines of 5 or 6 x $10.5, teams are going to end up throwing out a lot more dough than expected.

Tampa says no.

Tampa doesn't have many options, so... Unless he signs a bridge deal, Point's about to get PAID.

Tampa doesn't need many options, they just need a few good ones. They're definetely not trading Point that's for sure. He's not getting 10 mill either. Matt Carle's last year buyout of 1.8 mill comes off the books next year. All Tampa has to do is trade Callahan who has a 4.5 mill cap hit in his last year; they could even keep Callahan and trade Miller and Gourde if it came down to it. There are plenty of teams to trade with so it won't take much to get a deal done for whatever trades take place.

The taxe situation in florida state help team like tampa! Stamkos take a huge bargain deal and same thing with kucherov. So i think point will be looking too similar deal off stamkos and kucherov

Lol not even a brain damaged Chiarelli would accept that Offer. Point is a future top 10 C (he probably is already) in the whole NHL. See ya

The man just had a 92 point season as a 23 year old. He's going to get paid. As far as options, yeah, you can definitely look to trade Callahan and Miller, but teams aren't going to help you out just like that. Other teams are starting to take advantage of teams in cap trouble. Take a look at the Grubauer trade from last year. You really think Washington wanted to walk away from that trade with a 2nd round pick? No way. I'm not saying Point's going to be traded, but you're going to have to give up assets to get out of the cap trouble you're in.

We. Are. Not. Trading. Point.