I'm hoping its more around Lee at 3.5. 4 X 3.5 and its good for both sides. Tradable if it does not work. Eats two years of UFA. Still has time to get his payday contract if he earns it. He will not be another Greening in any case.
No long term deals! The whole point is to see if he can do it again next year, and THEN pay him.
So many people rail so hard on 'extra years' for Neil, Phillips, Greening, Michalek, and yet won't whole-heartedly support Murray when he tries to see what he has first before handing out years.
The plan is clearly to compensate Hoffman based on last year's production, for one year, and if he repeats, he'll get cash and term. That is fair to me. Obviously Hoffman would like longer job security, but he doesn't have the leverage in the end to push that if Murray stands pat, though of course it's worth a try to push before the hearing and see if he can convince Murray.
Murray could change is his plan though and go longer term depending on negotiations, but since the risk for the team goes up, the price would have to come down.
Realistically, Murray wants one year, won't do two, and doesn't want to do more. Hoffman likely wants 2 or more. We shall see what happens, but money will be the factor that changes back and forth to compensate for more or less term.
