Giving a 35 year old a 6 year contract at that high seems... IDK dumb? To me

So he’ll be 34 and look at kris letang? Nobody really gave that contract to much crap

But yes, probably honestly won’t sign for 6 years, I’m more looking at AAV.

Letang took a paycut from his previous contract though, everyone kind of understood that the term was the cost of doing business on that one. You're giving Hedman a raise and also giving him a ton of term.



The two are inherently tied though. He could take a Letang contract and make less than his current AAV for a long term. Or he could take a short term contract and probably get a mild raise, assuming he doesn't fall off a cliff. If you're looking at an 8.5 AAV, you're probably looking at a 1-2 year contract. And honestly, that would be smarter than the Letang thing if you care about your team beyond 2026. The Penguins are living and dying for the next three years and then entering a rebuild, and that's why everyone was like "yeah the Letang contract makes sense for this team's situation", because who care what the last three years of Letang's deal look like if the team is rebuilding?

Is Tampa planning on following the same path? Given the contracts they just handed out to Sergachev, Cernak, Cirelli and (to a lesser extent) Point, I would think probably not. They're planning to continue being at least vaguely competitive for the rest of the decade.

I like all of the contracts besides hagel, I think I would max out at around 5mil AAV, he seems like a similar player to gourde or coleman and that seems to be the market price. His increased production was due to him moving on the kucherov and point line and while he is very valuable especially on the forecheck Im not sure that 7.5 mil is worth it. We also have a ton of young talent that need ice time and hagel's rights could be a nice trading piece.

I definitely agree, I thought Hagel may get that higher AAV due to salary cap going up 10 million since gourde and Colman signed for. I would love to have Hagel for 5 million range for sure