The Mighty Duck Man
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Lindholm is a legit top pairing guy, making not legit top pairing money. Him wanting 8-9 isn’t an unreasonable ask. Rakell, with all his warts, is grossly underpaid, has been 4th, 1st, 2nd, and 2nd in points the last four years, and has a reasonable case to be paid at least what Henrique makes.
For Rakell, at least, the markets changed quite a bit since he signed that deal and since Henrique signed his, for that matter. That tier of winger has been consistently in the 4s since Covid, not much reason to think he's gonna beat Henrique on the open market at the moment.
As for Lindholm, the Jones extension did change what had been a reset on the D market but he's not at that tier, either, and I'm guessing no one thinks he is. I don't see any teams giving out that kind of money to a defensive defenseman, but all the power to him if he can get it.