I saw that and have no idea where they're getting the number. If it's true I hope the Sharks do it. Cap goes way up before it hurts us too bad, Pavs should still be good for the first 2 years at the least then we can either trade or buy him out or ride it out til he retires. This is our window and Pavs is important to the team.
No way he gets that kinda money from us. I like Nyquist but he's replaceable. Get another one at the deadline for the 2nd we keep not signing him.
Hayes is signing as a center though instead of a winger which has inherently more value. Would guess Nyquist will get done for 5 years $5.5 mil similar to Eberle.
And Skinner is a winger who has never hit more than 63 points in a season. This is a crazy market. Some GM will overpay for Nyquist.
Didn't mean to imply you meant it that way. I think it's possible some team offers him that much, I think he'll definitely get at least 6m. The contracts being thrown at top 6 forwards have been crazy.
Skinner also has 4 seasons of 30+ goals and is almost 3 years younger than Nyquist. Nyquist has never broken the 30 goal mark and only broke 50 points for the second time ever in his career. I don't see Nyquist getting more than $6 mil.
Who is going to pay it though? I don't see the middle market guys like Nyquist getting near the stupid deals that we have seen in the past. There is simply not enough cap room after the big names are gone. The teams that have cap space are either not likely destinations because they are rebuilding. Colorado is about the only team that I could see offering up that kind of money for him that he is realistically going to go to.
I mean he would be a 3rd liner on that sorry team so maybe? Would do Melker + late pick or Perron for him in a heartbeat.
