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No chance Cole signs for less on a two year deal than Pinto got. No way Chevy evens tries that.I think those numbers are a bit high. I'd guess closer to evolving hockey's numbers, unless Perfetti went for the full 8 year deal. I'll call 2 X $3.5 M or 3 X $3.9 M. Chevy rarely gives ground above a fair payment when the player has little leverage.
Agree, those projections have been off for guys coming off entry level.Except those evolving hockey numbers haven't proven at all accurate so far. If Shane get suspended for a half year Pinto gets 700k over those numbers good luck getting Cole at 3.5 million. Byfield got roughly $ 2 million more. Lundell more in a tax free state. I think you can toss those projections right out the window given what his comps have signed for. Chevy may be a tough negotiator but he's a fair one. Cole will get something right in line with his comps.
Pinto, Byfield and Lundell have all set the market now for Cole. He is in the same tier as all of those guys.
Chevy is still bound by the market and if all of Coles comps continue to come in well above projections then he's not going to purposefully play hard ball
Also Byfield has played about as much centre in the show as Cole. He's no more an NHL center at this point.
I think Chevy really likes Cole as a player and knows he wasn't treated great last year. He will want to get a good deal for the team but will want to be fair and in line with comps. This team has such a hard time getting players, why try to stick it to a good kid that loves playing there?
Cole basically played three more games at centre than Byfield did last year lol