CupInSIX
My cap runneth over
Why worry? He'll get signed. It's not like Willie Nylander looking for 7-8m or a full NTC.
Wait a week. If he's not signed then, by all means worry.
Wait a week. If he's not signed then, by all means worry.
My experience is that SOME players that hold out need at least a full week of getting up to speed (before you'd want to put player in lineup). Others may take a month or more. Really depends on the player, his role, and his fitness/health level.
Don't have a clue where Theodore is on that scale.
My thought was you are not a cap team this year and the 50% equals his real (not cap) salary. lets take that off the table and be more general.
Is Theodore for a 1st in the 20-30 range a fair value?
Ehhhh. I don't think so.
Hampus Lindholm and Rikard Rakell both held out well into the Ducks 16-17 season. Rakell had a 30 goal season and Lindholm was part of one of the top shutdown pairs in the NHL and both were key in the Ducks' run to the WCF.
He's shooting himself in the foot but I don't think it will necessarily be ultra damaging to his play.
If it comes down to paying him an extra million and a half for a couple years or cutting bait and moving on, I think we're a long way from the cutting bait option.I have to think we are going to see a trade. And personally I am not as high on the kid as many seem to be. I'd flip him for best offer and move on.
Brannstrom is the very near future for this blueline. Hague isn't too far behind, surprisingly to myself at least (I always expect the big dudes like him to take a little extra time). The Knights are not in any sort of hurt locker without him. Better with him, sure. But they need to be smart and appropriate with contracts and if a guy is out of touch with that you move him.