Produce like crap is an overstatement. He's been a 65-75 point player over the last 2-3 years.
Term is where I would be careful, not so much the dollar figure. A lot of players fall off significantly at 34-36 years of age and locking the twins in to a 4-5 year deal with a big cap hit is risky. The fact they haven't been re-signed makes it pretty clear Gillis is concerned with term as well IMO. Especially when you consider how willing Gillis has been to let other veterans walk when they appraoch the twilight of their careers - Naslund, Ohlund, Mitchell, Salo, Samuelsson, Demitra etc...
Gillis doesn't seem to like players approaching their mid-thirties. This could be an interesting negotiation. Probably not out of the realm of possibility we see the twins pull an Alfredsson if Gillis balks at giving them term.
Yeah I agree. I don't want the Sedin's to be signed too high for a long contract. Maybe 2-3 years 6M?
CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Daniel Sedin ($6.000m) / Henrik Sedin ($6.000m) / Zack Kassian ($0.900m)
Hunter Shinkaruk ($1.138m) / Ryan Kesler ($5.000m) / Alexandre Burrows ($4.500m)
Chris Higgins ($2.500m) / Bo Horvat ($1.775m) / Jannik Hansen ($2.500m)
Jeremy Welsh ($1.000m) / Mike Santorelli ($1.200m) / Brad Richardson ($1.150m)
Tom Sestito ($0.750m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Alexander Edler ($5.000m) / Jason Garrison ($4.600m)
Dan Hamhuis ($4.500m) / Kevin Bieksa ($4.600m)
Ryan Stanton ($0.550m) / Chris Tanev ($1.700m)
Yannick Weber ($0.600m) /
GOALTENDERS
Roberto Luongo ($5.333m)
Eddie Lack ($2.000m)
OTHER
Buyout: David Booth ($0.000m)
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(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,295,833; BONUSES: $1,062,500
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $2,066,667
I don't know who I would exactly add for another defenseman or forward but we can still afford both for depth.