ZarktheShark
Joined: Jul. 2023
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That was a low offer, which is fine to start there, doesn't mean a whole lot. Nylander just got 8X11.5 but he's almost 2 years younger and Toronto's situation looks dramatically different than ours. With the salary cap increases coming up 10 will be the new 8. The max I'd give Jake is 6 X 10 or even 10.5 is fine. The problem I have is if he is a stickler for term, he's going to be 30 years old when this contract starts. I don't want to lose him now because I feel like at 6 X 10 let's say there's still decent value for him 3 or 4 years down the line (especially because we'll be more than happy to retain at that point). But if he wants an 8X10 let's say, even if everything goes perfect (no major injuries, maintains his scoring pace and doesn't slow down, etc...) what will the value be for a 34 year old with 4 years left on his deal at 10 million+ each year? We'll get something, but we'll get a lot more and would be willing to retain more the 2 last years of his deal if it was a 6 year contract so instead of trading a 34 year old with 4 years left on his deal we're trading a 34 year old with 2 years left on his deal at say 6 or 7 million each year. A lot more palatable to a contender to only be looking at 2 more years on the deal... So it's really up to Jake. If he's looking for Nylander term and money then we have to trade him. Does not fit the direction of our team...