That Hayes contract is gonna bite Philly in the a$$. That's all.

If the cap keeps going up it could eventually not look so bad.

I'm expecting trouba to be less than what people are thinking... maybe a 7x7 deal or a similar contract to hayes of 7yrs 50M. I dont think he will get anywhere near 8. As far as provorov goes, he is their best blueliner and so he does have some leverage, but is still quite young and has time to make more money on a next time contract so I see him coming in just shy of 7M AAV. Could be wrong but something like a 6yr 6.85M contract and that was hes locked up for a decent amount of ufa status but can still get his free agency contract.

https://twitter.com/mremis/status/1144643884372430849

Sources I have looked at have troubas value at 7x 6.875M but I personally think it will be a little bit more than that. Provorov is projected on this site to get a 7x 6.275M but again I'm thinking it would be about 6.85M for 7yrs. The source I am looking at by the way is the contract predictor excell sheet that was put out. You can google it and I think it would come up and they have been pretty good as far as being pretty close the actual values with the exception of a couple recently signed.

I've looked at the EW excel sheet and i agree they are normally pretty close but it is rumored that Provorov is asking for $8M on a long term deal. I would love for Provorov to sign under $7M but I just don't think it happens unless it on a bridge which I doubt he is interested in.