IF he wanted a deal similar to others in his talent category. BUT what if the Yotes could convince him to take a smaller deal so that they could actually be competitive!? Now that's what I am talking about haha. Would never happen but one can dream.
The crazy thing to me about deals like those, especially in his situation (saying he wants to win, etc) is that they hamstring the team so it makes it harder to sign more talent to surround them to win.
My pitch to him about the Yotes would be this... Look at the young talent coming up and how the lineup would look with you in it. We'd have a true 1c, high end 2c in Stepan, possibly a great 3 c in Strome/Dvo and etc... talented players like Keller. And, what he hasn't had on NYI... true number 1 d man like OEL with a solid D core going forward. The goalie situation is now stable, too. But yea, in terms of history... not much to woo him there haha. I'd say "Don't worry about history, Johnny T... you're going to make history here" haha.