MMC
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LeBrun: Why term appears to be the major stumbling block in...
In this situation, I believe both sides are further away on term rather than dollars.
Which is a theme for many of these current RFA negotiations. Just like Carolina would have wanted Aho for eight years instead of the five years they will get after matching the offer sheet from Montreal, the same is true for many of these negotiations.
“I prefer longer myself,” Sakic said. “With our situation, we want to get Mikko done long term. More than the five years. We prefer long term and hopefully, we can work towards getting that accomplished that here.’’
On the flip side, again staying away from five years where the player walks himself into unrestricted free agency, the other solution is a shorter-term bridge deal which I think has also come up in talks between the Avs and Rantanen’s agent Mike Liut. My sense is that they’ve exchanged offers and counter-offers but nothing close at this point.
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