Dr Jan Itor
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and my guess is this 1 team is looking for Minn to retain a big amount of that $7.5m per or take back a crap contract like Ladd's in return.
Ladd: 3+ seasons, $5.5m per cap hit and $12m in actual cashed owed after this season.
Parise: 5+ seasons, $7.5m cap hit and $20m in actual cashed owed after this season.
Ladd: 14 points in 34 games in the AHL
Parise: 37 points in 60 games in the NHL
I think everybody is expecting a bad contract or retainage if this thing ends up happening (I'm no holding my breath), but I don't think it's beyond reason for Parise to garner a little bit of value as well.
If, for example, we brought Parise down to the Ladd's $5.5M, is the extra 2 years really that much of a disaster when he's probably going to be giving you 20+ goals for at least 3-4 of those years?