I'm NOT saying he's going to regress as a Center, but it's fairly possible that Point produces quite less next year. It was a near historic regular season, no injury, no drama, an elite PP, the whole team (except goddamn Palat) firing on all cylinders and Point feasting on Kucherov's Lindsay performance and a 21% shot percentage.
Once again I'm not trying to downplay BP's role, he's as good as advertised here, but people like to judge by the numbers. Seeing this past season was literally exceptional, maybe a bridge deal is not a bad idea. I think this is where it gets hot IMO. JBB wants a bridge deal to buy time and see. Point wants to cash on his 92 points season.