Potty John
PJ
I imagine he’s going to get 6-6.5 for 7 or 8 years. But Tre could work his magic and get him under 6.
Tkachuk is worth $10 mil.
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He’s our best forward IMO and it’s not close.
If he keeps it up, he'll get more than Monahan since he is already scoring at the similar pace when Monahan signed his contract and that was 2 yrs ago.
Salary goes up. We have seen it gone up quite a bit already this summer
If you can have only one of them for this year. who do you think is more important Johnny or Matt?
I imagine he’s going to get 6-6.5 for 7 or 8 years. But Tre could work his magic and get him under 6.
Good.
$8mm x 8 years.
He’s our best forward IMO and it’s not close.
Could he be worth 8M a season? Yes but to this point he has not done anything to merit that salary.
If he were to sign today he would be looking at less than Johnny and Mony. Realistically speaking Chucky has 48 and 49 points in a season respectively and if he is signed before the upcoming season I would expect 5.5-6M X 8. If he is signed after this season much of his salary reward will be based on his performance there.
Even potential wise I would be hard pressed to put him above Mony. I do rate him higher than Johnny because Matthew's game is more complete. Offensively I would rate Johnny and Mony higher.
I think Johnny is the best all around offensive player, followed by Tkachuk then Monahan. Tkachuk is not quite the goal scorer that Mony is, but he’s a superior passer, I actually think he’s our teams best playmaker.
Tkachuk is the best defensive player of that trio, he plays the most physical and he’s a class A pest.
If Tkachuk played with Gaudreau and Monahan all season, he would score 80pts. I have no doubts.
First I don't think Mony gets enough credit defensively (other than with managements statements) as to how much heavy lifting Sean does on the first unit. Matthew has been insulated by Backlund and Frolik defensively so as such can not really be compared apples to apples with Sean.
I think Chucky could be moved to the top unit this season.
Chucky- Monahan-Neal
Johnny- Janko - Lindholm
Johnny and Mark found instant chemistry (something Johnny has not had with any other center other than Mony) so I think Peters may try to spread the wealth out a little.
If the lines flush out this way Chucky could definitely be in that 70-80 point bracket. For the first time since Nieuwendyk and Gilmour I think Calgary has a great shot of having 2 offensively dangerous lines.
The potential is there to have all players in the top six over 65 points.
I feel like Chucky is the guy who’s gonna make Elias pop.
As long as it's 7 or 8 years I'll be happy. Getting him under a 6 million AAV would be fantastic value. I think it's a possibility if he plays another year in a shutdown role and doesn't have the eye popping counting stats. Probably not if the contract has that kind of term though. Would be thrilled with another Monahan contract.
Tre is all in on this year because if he doesn't make the Conference finals I don't think he keeps his job. IMO that means you don't hide one of your best players on a defensive line. Calgary needs growth from all of the young players. Lindholm, Jankowski, Czarnik and Chucky will be put in the best possible slots in the line-up to succeed.
Older players that have not been able to take it to the next level will be pushed down the depth chart. Backlund (29), Frolik (30), and Ryan (31) will be relegated to bottom 6 duty as their days for more potential are gone. None of these players have put up more than 55 points and if it weren't for Chucky the highest point total would likely be below 45. Backs and Frolik are great at shutting down other teams so as a third line they would be slotted well.
I feel like Chucky is the guy who’s gonna make Elias pop.