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That's the problem - he NEEDS Pettersson. I can't justify paying a player 7M (which I'm sure he'll start at for his next contract) for a player that can't drive a line. Many players can look good with Pettersson...Pettersson has carried basically everyone he's had on his line and made them looked good. Boeser doesn't look as dominate as he did last year. His shot doesn't look as good, he's still fairly slow and it shows when he plays 3 on 3.
I would be pushing to get him signed for somewhere around 5.5M, but both sides likely settling at 6M.
How do you explain last year then? He seemed to perform last year without Pettersson. I agree his game has dropped off this year a bit, but he is coming of a pretty serious injury that ended his season last year and he has had other issues.
Brock is not a guy that is ever going to drive a line. He's a sniper - a shooter. That said, guys like him are not easy to find. I think the backlash for this player this year is a bit puzzling. He's on near 40 goal pace this year extrapolated to 82 games. Pretty much the same as last year - without Pettersson.