Of course…..we're spit-balling here cause i highly doubt it could happen for many reasons including the asking price from Hall (Doubt he'll go lower than 9M for 8 years….especially without testing the market first).
If you add Hall….then Drouin and Hall becomes your top 6 LW
At his asking price, you'll need to make some cap space.
Why keep Tatar? To have him on your 3rd line at 4.8M with a reduction in offensive production?
Give him away, helps the Cap.
Not like we'll need him that much after that.
- 5-7 years is the term range. 8 takes him past 35 which would be an issue for his next contract cause teams have to deal with the 35+ rules.
- AAV? His career averages are 75 pts and 29 goals but I think he will not sign unless he is paid like a 80-100 pts player. So yeah, $9M AAV is likely close and it has the potential to be fair or over payment like Price. A bit of a risk but not a huge risk IMO. We would be only overpaying by $1M or $2M at the most.
- I have the Habs, Islanders, and Avs as the teams who need Hall and have the cap space to pull it off. Which of these 3 are more likely to pay the contract out with July signing bonus? Rantanen just signed and how much signing bonus ($0M!). Islanders just signed Lee, Nelson, Eberle, Bailey and little to no signing bonus money structured in. Barzal the exception in the next contract? Habs may have an advantage here if Hall values the July signing bonus money.... Do the Avs or Islanders make the exception? Hard to say what their owner would fork out.
- I won't have a huge issue with including Tatar but he has way more value today than what we paid for him. If Tatar is included, my futures are reduced. If they are willing to take Byron as the cap going the other way, I would include solid futures (like the post you just replied to). Will Tatar be with us beyond his current contract? Likely not cause we have others to sign but in the short term, I value what he brings to the table and not going to trade him for low value.
