Pominville and PariseWeren't Rolston and Gaborik the only 30 goal scorers before today? If so, then yes.
Good luck with that.We need to re-sign Staal this off-season to an extension. 4 years 4.5 million?
I'd extend 2 or 3 years and hope for around 6m. Who knows, maybe Staal will take a discount to stay with Minnesota.Too low? 6.5?
I think we got our discount now. I'm actually a little bit a afraid of the contract Fletcher would offer to Staal. The Pominville Special. Now 23% more buy out proof.I'd extend 2 or 3 years and hope for around 6m. Who knows, maybe Staal will take a discount to stay with Minnesota.
I'd extend 2 or 3 years and hope for around 6m. Who knows, maybe Staal will take a discount to stay with Minnesota.
I think we got our discount now. I'm actually a little bit a afraid of the contract Fletcher would offer to Staal. The Pominville Special. Now 23% more buy out proof.
I'm thinking regardless of term the cap hit will be at or north of $6m.An extra year and lower cap hit?
Fletcher really handcuffed himself with Koivu. Should have offered 4.75 million/year and then you have more ground to offer Staal 5 million/year.Koivu got $5.5m and he's an inferior player IMO.
Depends if you count Rolston. . he spent significant time at both wing and center here, and was a center more often than not away from here.First 30 goal Center in team history?
Agreed. I think Staal will be pretty amenable to extending, but there's no rush to do it this offseason unless he's willing to do 2x$5 (or whatever) right away. I don't think he's going to shake us down for a 5 year deal at the end of his current contract either way.Staal is going to turn 35 early in his first extension year.
Assuming next year he is comparable to what he has done the last 2, say, ~30g and ~65-70 pts:
2 x $7m to $7.5m
3 x $5.5m to $6m
But even still, I'd think about waiting until after next season, or after the halfway mark of next season, unless I could get a favorable rate this summer.
I think we got our discount now. I'm actually a little bit a afraid of the contract Fletcher would offer to Staal. The Pominville Special. Now 23% more buy out proof.