I think while the Tkachuk, Stutzle, Hughes, Norris, Thompson, Cozens and Sanderson contracts are not bad. I also would be wary about having 5-6 of them on a team that doesn't make the playoffs.
I think a lot of other teams including Ottawa would've been like oh yeah 8 years for Debrincat no problem! But it feels like Yzerman doesn't wanna have that happen to the Wings only for us to be a bubble team. There's an eject button in 4-5 years if our draft picks don't pan out and we need to reset the clock.
So it'll be interesting to see where the Sens land, do they push one year like New Jersey or just float in bubble space for all eternity.