Mickey the mouse
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- Jun 30, 2013
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1st, JEE is a legit #2 C and in 3-5 years when cap is 85+ his contract is probably going to look team friendly.This is all fair in terms of why the AAV is higher than some of us expected. My questions are why it was so important to get all 8 years and what it's going to cost Guerin over the next 4, especially this summer. The cap situation with Ek projected at $4.5m was already hard to figure out, so while $5.25m isn't a lot higher it just makes things that much tighter.
Maybe the talks with Kaprizov changed things, though. If they were offering Kaprizov $8m+ on an 8 year deal and that fell through, maybe his AAV comes down by $1m on a 4 year deal. Now you can add more to Eriksson-Eks cap hit and buy those extra UFA years
I still worry about Fiala, though.
I can totally see Kap going the Panarin route. No doubt in my mind.
Fiala is the question mark. I can see him being moved if Kap is signed long term. With Suter, Parise and Spurgeon on the books I don't see any way of signing all 3 of JEE, Kap and Fiala
At least all 3 of those players are 24-25 and if they all are signed for max term , 8 years, they will be 31ish when their contract ends. UNLIKE Spurgeon who will be 32 yrs old 2 months into the 1st year of his 8 year contract and it will end when he's 39 yrs old !!!!!!!!
HUGE DIFFERENCE