Joined: Sep. 2020
Posts: 3,289
Likes: 1,876
with no retention on mantha i would think you could have him for free, with retention and in division that price seems pretty much exactly right. mantha is a fine player but can be frustrating sometimes and doesn't really fit in with laviolette's system -- definitely a canes style pickup but if you are looking for a scorer to replace pacioretty he is definitely not that. that being said i think the caps are in no rush to move him now, and retaining for next year would be a big burden for a team that needs all the space it can get to keep competing.