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Is this one just a feeler?Tough to really lock in a vote if there's no set number Both for % of normal re-sign value,and more importantly years on the prospect contract. 3? Or stick with 5?Or is this just to get a yes/no, and then figure out the % and number of years?Either way I'm on board for a change.
Yeah, it's a discussion topic for sure. Maybe not changing the percentage, but lowering it from 5 years to say 3 would be a happy medium.Because, we get our prospects for what, 3 seasons is it if they play a full year the first year? (ie. Nico Hichier is in his 3rd year in the league, and contract expires after this year).That would come out to 3 years on the min., plus 3 years at a highly discounted rate before going onto a full-fledged re-sign. Even if the player hits prime fantasy output in their 3rd year, that gives you 4 total years of solid production at a reduced cost. Plenty of time/big enough window to build a championship team.
I just don't see a problem with it overall. Our FA pool is fairly representative. I think it's pretty good. If the end goal is forcing more players into FA, at this point, I think our cap adjustments have helped that scene. The benefits to rebuilding teams are too great. No need to change this at all.
Though it's not all about FA for some, to be fair. It's about realism, since some of these prospects are making half as much here as they are in the NHL.
I'm interested to see what the RFA's will sign for in the real NHL in the next couple of months. Starting with Marner of course, but also Point, Boeser, Laine, Connor, etc. All of those guys are up for extensions next season I believe and with the discount, would max out around what, $5m-$5.5m? That would be max level though, and I could see them maybe in the $4.5m range really. Marner might be the only one at the high end as I see him being the top producer out of all those guys (that is, if he signs before the season starts and gets in a training camp).That said, we do have 30 roster spots here versus 23 in the real NHL, so that factors in as well. As much as we all search for it, it's tough to find 7 guys making the min. contract value of $0.5m, or even the min. before cut-off at $0.9m. Even still, 7 guys at $0.9m is still $6.3m in cap space.So I do see your point.
I just signed Marner with the discount for 5.8M