Quoting: ken_holland
Hall is only getting 8M because of his MVP season. If he was only going to reproduce his 2019-20 season, the number would be closer to 7.
And take a look at Hoffman's EV numbers. Dude does not produce much 5v5. He's decent on the PP but idk how much of that is playing with Barkov and Huberdeau. Wouldn't even give him 6M tbh.
If you want to go for a UFA forward on the Panthers, I suggest Dadanov. Much better.
Wish he would sign lower, but the state the league is in, they keep overpaying players. He got a hit of 5.1M$ last years with a salary of 5.6M$, he'll want more money then that for the last length of his career since there are good assets out there but he's top one in goal scoring that's UFA. I like Dandonov and he should hit the 4.5 to 5M$ hit, but while he's close in goal scoring to Hoffman, he's a year older, and total point are lower by a dozen points. He could be a Plan-B if Hoffman doesn't want to come to MTL.
Would also consider Hall, but from what was posted on some walls and by some insider talk on TSN and Sportsnet, he'll want in closer to the 8M$/yr.
This year is weird because we have no idea how owners will direct their General Managers in term of money. Will they approve over spending like other years for Hall, Hoffman, Dandonov or Toffoli.. We don't know.
Habs just gave 3.5M$ to Edmunston which was the number I was giving him based on 3 and 4yrs contracts. So I hit it straight on for that one. We'll see about Hoffman and Hall in the coming weeks.