Quoting: hanson493
First issue is corey crawford, he is probably done after this year with all the concussion history he has had. Second, is marners contract you think hes closer to 9 or 10. Third barrie has public stated he wants 8+ which is likely why the avs moved him to begin with.
Re Crawford. I just glanced at the list of UFAs who seemed to be at the point in their career where they may take a 1 mil back up role. Didn't realize his concussions were so bad. There are other similar guys for that role.
I think Marner is worth 8.5 for 5 years. I don't think he's worth more than Aho. I think 9 for 6 is fair.
Everyone expected all the RFAs to get huge money this summer but it hasn't happened. Only signings of big name RFAs are Aho on an offersheet at 8.5 and Meir for a lot less than was predicted 6x4 (when there was talk of 7.5*7).
None of Werenski, Provorov, McAvoy, Marner, Point, Rantanen, Tkachuk, Laine, or Connor are signed (I probably forgot someone).
I suspect they're all getting less than was initially expected hence the quiet