He has only done that for the laat 2 months of the season. I'm not willing to go 56m over 8 seasons for Scheifele. Not this early.
If you aren't willing think how Chipman must feel about it. The money actually comes out of his pocket.
I think there is pretty wide agreement that Scheifele is the player we want to wrap up for as long as possible - 8 years. The AAV should be as low as possible, obviously. Some are throwing around big numbers. I think they are saying that they want to pay whatever it takes. They just want him locked up. Fair enough but we can't pay above the market for every good player who comes along.
The way I am looking at it is that the 4 RFA years are worth about 3 mil AAV. That number is the same if he signs for 6 years or 8. If we look at 8 and an AAV of 6 that means that we are paying 4x9 for the 4 UFA years. 9 mil/yr is right up there! If we increase the total contract to 6.5 the 4 RFA years are unchanged so the 4 UFA years are up to 10/yr, if we go to 7 they are at 11/yr! Those numbers are not going to seem like a bargain within the life of the contract. I think that 4x3 + 4x9 = 8x6 is as close to the right number as we can guess. Some small variation on that might come out through negotiation.