detredWINgs
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The guy is in for a huge raise but I've heard very little talk about it on this board or in the press (shocker there 
). Curious to hear other people's thoughts.
At first I thought it might be hard to find a comparable for Nyquist, but TJ Oshie is actually a solid comparison, sans the number of NHL games played and health. He signed a 5 year deal worth $4.175M at the age of 25/26 after putting up 54 points in 80 games. At that time, he had put up 175 points in 262 regular season games - good for .668 points per game. The cap the year his contract went into effect was $70.2M.
Nyquist is 25 and will be 26 when his new contract goes into effect. He has 103 points in 154 regular season games - good for .669 points per game. Bettman's office seems to be the only entity that is bullish on next year's salary cap ($73M estimate) while others are suggesting the cap may not rise much above the $69M we have now. Ergo, the $70.2M cap that Oshie signed under could be very close to the magic number this upcoming year.
Obviously, this isn't a perfect comparison as no two players are exactly alike on the ice, let alone comparable contract-wise when you take into account health history, experience, age, personality, salary cap, team expectations, etc, but its a starting point.
Depending on how you see Nyquist, some other comparables could be Marchand, Hornqvist, Henrique, purely from a points/contract-timing standpoint, and others I'm too lazy to evaluate.
In terms of price, I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.5M. It would be highway robbery to land him for anything under $4M but I'm not sure I'd buy into a deal that gave him $5M or more as of today. Depends on how he finished out the season and his showing in the playoffs.
As for term, I'd say you can't sign him for anything less than 4 and would go as much as the 8 we're allowed if the price was right. Think 6 years would be my preferred number though.
). Curious to hear other people's thoughts.At first I thought it might be hard to find a comparable for Nyquist, but TJ Oshie is actually a solid comparison, sans the number of NHL games played and health. He signed a 5 year deal worth $4.175M at the age of 25/26 after putting up 54 points in 80 games. At that time, he had put up 175 points in 262 regular season games - good for .668 points per game. The cap the year his contract went into effect was $70.2M.
Nyquist is 25 and will be 26 when his new contract goes into effect. He has 103 points in 154 regular season games - good for .669 points per game. Bettman's office seems to be the only entity that is bullish on next year's salary cap ($73M estimate) while others are suggesting the cap may not rise much above the $69M we have now. Ergo, the $70.2M cap that Oshie signed under could be very close to the magic number this upcoming year.
Obviously, this isn't a perfect comparison as no two players are exactly alike on the ice, let alone comparable contract-wise when you take into account health history, experience, age, personality, salary cap, team expectations, etc, but its a starting point.
Depending on how you see Nyquist, some other comparables could be Marchand, Hornqvist, Henrique, purely from a points/contract-timing standpoint, and others I'm too lazy to evaluate.
In terms of price, I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.5M. It would be highway robbery to land him for anything under $4M but I'm not sure I'd buy into a deal that gave him $5M or more as of today. Depends on how he finished out the season and his showing in the playoffs.
As for term, I'd say you can't sign him for anything less than 4 and would go as much as the 8 we're allowed if the price was right. Think 6 years would be my preferred number though.
