Quoting: coga16
What are you talking about. There is no hype train, that is just a made up thing by you to justify underpaying what the market has set. Binnington and Markstrom signed their contracts Post Covid in the flat cap era, Gallagher signed his contract post covid and its 6.5m aav....Landy isnt 500k more than Gallagher, there is a clear difference bw the players....Landy has almost been a point per game player the last 3 season .Gallagher not even close to that sort of production or as good defensively as Landy
I think you might have not taking into account the post covid contracts and low balled the avs values. I would love to see them sign those but it aint happening, have to be realistic here. Stars still get paid
Ok, I guess we'll see. They'll be signing these guys in the off-season so I guess we'll see how far I'm off by.
I like you Coga, you're a voice of reason on here, which is great, but come on, there most certainly was a hype train going on with Binnington (and to a lesser degree Markstrom). He was young, a cup winner, and some people thought he was the second coming of Jesus. And we all know that goalies can be streaky and signing goalies to big contracts is VERY risky. Personally, I think that 6x6 kinda looks a little bit rich now. I doubt Grubauer gets much more than 5, especially since Sakic is supposed to be a tough negotiator and a little stingey.
Landy might be a fair bit better than Gallagher points-wise, but how much of that do you attribute to playing with MacKinnon and Rantanen? I would argue they provide similar value to their teams. Every TV broadcast goes on and on about how Gallagher's the heart and soul of the team.
Makar is the tricky one... I know there's some guys getting paid 9+.... and Makar's pts/gm numbers are ridiculous.... but 8m would put him in the same tax bracket as Chabot who recently signed.... and would be paying him more than Hedman, (Most commonly agreed upon as being the top Defenseman in the league).... plus he would get max term and help his team afford to be a contender for years to come... I wouldn't be surprised if he signs for something under 9.
Anyways, you're probably right I'm undervaluing them a little bit, but I'd guess 7.5m tops for Landy... I don't think Jost will come anywhere close to 2 or 2.5... he's scored 5 goals this year. 1.5m would be generous IMO