At this rate, with his production and age and the competitiveness of the UFA market (using a guy like Artemi Panarin as a comp) and the fact that the cap is going to rise dramatically, if Pasta hits the open market you'll probably have to pay even more than that given that he has no connection to the Devils.

@Devil can you confirm

Yeah he could easily get 11.5 +. Add that to whatever Bratt is gonna demand and its gonna be tight. I'd love to have both but if we do it we're gonna have to make sacrifices down the line (i.e. Wood, Sharangovich, etc.)

Considering he comes from a Boston team that has built a winning culture based on taking less than market value, I'd have to imagine he's learned a thing or two from that.

Pasta would consider 10.5 as his discount rate for Boston to get the 8th year.

For anyone else, he'll be 11.5 + -- if the cap jumps 4mil+, that number goes up accordingly.

Pasta gets more Bratt gets more

Not for 7 x 10.5m he won't be signing with the Devils, Try more like 7 x 11.5m to 7 x 12.0, to sign Pasta.

His picture still has him screaming goofily in a BOS jersey, so I don't think so.

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