Bigkarl
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- Dec 27, 2017
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Here's the thing with ufas. They want financial stability and security. Im willing to give one or the other but the numbers start coming down as the years go up. 28 to 35 means 3 years good one year fair and 3 at increasingly worse. I'd rather do 12m for five than 10.5x7. I have the feeling someone is going 12x7 and thats bad. Stone got the extra year at the lower price but i think panarin doesn't hold up as well on the back end. I'd love to see him take a shocker deal to reunite with q at like 8 but its far from likely
I agree with you in that I would almost always prefer to give a higher AAV in exchange for shorter term on UFA deals.
In this case, due to Panarin’s relatively young age for a UFA and limited wear and tear from only being in his 4th NHL season and only 11 playoff games to date, I think he’s got a much better chance of holding up through the majority of his UFA contract than most players.
Couple that with the Flyers current cap situation and prospect depth, and I think it’s the perfect storm to do whatever it takes to get him here. It would take some serious cap mismanagement to put us in trouble within the next 4-5 years (or Some young players turning into stars and requiring huge RFa deals), and by that time JVR and Voracek’s contracts are coming off the books