upnorthkid
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wild have the advantage that they can offer more years this year than anyone else could with the CBA changing. Marner just got 12 but i'd expect KK to be at Draisaitl or higher. He's 28 and so maybe you get away with 7 years (will still be longer than the 6 anyone could give him next year) at that dollar amount given the groin injury and you're pretty low risk with getting a guy locked down for the entirety of his prime and only a little bit of the decline with a cap that's about to go up massively (his deal at 14 is going to look just fine in 2-3 years imo)So when does Caedan Bankier and Hunter Haight get the opportunity to be nhl centers? Hurricanes seem to do well with Logan Stankoven around the same time as these too? We draft all these prospects to then sign older veterans to take their spots? With the over pricing on this years weaker nhl free agency. 7 years at 7M doesn't seem so bad for Rossi either, but instead seems like another prospect at 23 years age which went from 40 pts to 60 pts and is a C is going to get away. Seems like Center situation of Rossi, Ek, Haight, Bankier would have some years promise. LW you got Kirill(8 years 15M potential is a huge risk in my opinion), Boldy, Ohgren, Foligno. RW go sign Boeser to go with Yurov, Zuccs, and Taresenko.
I'd like Rossi at way less of a term than that. His numbers are inflated from playing 1st line and on the 1st PP which he won't do when this team is healthy. If someone is giving him that, you walk away. Don't overreach and eat cap for a 3rd line center (who doesn't kill penalties well and is meh on the dot) on a 7 year deal out of desperation. if it's 4-5 years, that's a little different. I don't think the market for him is going to be super hot
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