It's market pressure. It's felt by all NHL teams. This isn't something "new", and you can't be "clever" by trying to avoid it. You'll simply end up not having that shiny young #1D past his RFA years.
8x8. Do it now, and no one will complain about it in 2-3 years when average #1D salaries far exceed that.
I don't think it's just nhl market influence
I think you're more willing to give him the money because he's threatened to leave
If he said how happy he was to play for the Jets we would probably talking 7 million
When guys like lindholm who drw brought up is getting paid less than 6
You're also setting a standard
Once Trouba makes that big 8 expect ehlers and Laine to make an extra million because of it
Agreed. People also have to stop bringing up Scheifele's deal. It was signed just prior to him truly becoming elite and will be a flat out be a steal if he stays a top 10 C in the league. Most of his peers with regards to cap hit are north of 7 million per year.
Trouba a $8 million per is market value for a top 5 dmen in the game.
I don't think it matters when scheifele signed
This was scheifeles first year with his new contract and he's better/more productive than Trouba
And Trouba and his agent is gonna tell the GM he's worth 2 million more than the assistant captain, the first person to score 80 points in the Jets 2.0 franchise?
Trouba ain't a top 5 defenseman right now so why we giving him 8 million for something he hasn't exactly proven yet?
7 million is more appropriate if we were to resign him before the next season
Since we are dealing with someone who would be more than happy to walk