The best contract from every team, IMO, ELC excluded:
Anaheim: Hampus Lindholm. If they wanted to sell him, his pretty cheap contract could guarantee a great return
Arizona: Chychrun. Their best player and IMO the most underrated LD-man in the entire league
Boston: Pasta, one of the 3 best goal scorers in the league and he doesn't even have a 7M AAV. McAvoy is a close 2nd but Pasta's term gave him this title
Buffalo: not a lot of choices but Victor Olofsson, just because
Calgary: Rasmus Andersson. A strong top 4 d-man locked up long term at not even 5M per
Carolina: Jaccob Slavin. Dude's an elite shutdown d-man and he doesn't even have a 6M AAV
Chicago: Dominik Kubalik, a very good goal scorer at not even 4M
Colorado: only one good answer here: Nathan MacKinnon, one of the 3 best players in the league (hot take but I'd rather have him that McDavid) and he doesn't even have a 7M AAV
Columbus: not a lot of choices but I gotta go with Jack Roslovic. Established himself as a top sixer while being a cheap player
Dallas: here I gotta go with Hintz. The most underrated center in the league IMO and still has 2 more seasons at not even 4M per
Detroit: Ned. Sorry
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Edmonton: none
Florida: got to be Ekblad, one of the most underrated players in the league, locked up long term and not even 8M per.
LA: not a lot of choices but I like the Iafallo one
Minnesota: Joel Eriksson Ek. One of the most underrated centers in the league, a swiss army knife and someone I compare to Sean Couturier.
Montreal: Tyler Toffoli. Goes without saying
Nashville: not a lot of choices but Ekholm. Strong shutdown number 2-3 d-man who isn't even paid 4M
NJD: MacKenzie Blackwood, a very good young goalie who isn't paid much
NYI: not a lot of choices but Barzal
NYR: Igor. A soon to be elite starter locked up.
Ottawa: could become Tkachuk but right now it's Chabot. He really doesn't get the credit he deserves and is locked up forever.
Philly: come one, it's gotta be Sean Couturier
Pittsburgh: for me it's Sid. Still a beast in his mid 30s and showing 0 signs of decline
SJ: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... sorry dear
@yikes but I can't come up with anything here... Hertl maybe? Then again, it's not a massive bargain like Couturier and he doesn't have term left
STL: ROR. That's it. That's the argument.
TB: Cirelli, such a great 2C who can do it all and still a decent term left at not even 5M
Toronto: gotta be Nylander. One of the only ones who showed up against MTL
Vancouver: uhhhhhhhhhhhh... Horvat? Garland? Demko? Take your pick...
Washington: Idk, no good choices here
Winnipeg: Nikolaj Ehlers, IMO their best skater