Just looking at the situation for Snuggerud:
If he signs now the blues can lower his elc to 2 years after this one, resulting in normal contract 2027/28, right? 2025/26 and 26/27 being years 2 and 3 of the elc - year 1 burned whether he plays or not, assuming we offer that.
If he doesn’t sign now there is no better time in terms of ending the elc sooner, and the first equivalent time to get the elc to 2 years will be after july 1 after next season - in which he will be signing a 2 year elc at the age of 22. (Brock Nelson) This results in his first normal contract occurring in 28/29, right? Yeah that seems right. This path is the same amount of elc as if he signed today and we burned, but takes 1 more year.
If he waits until July 1 this year to sign his elc he will have a 3 year elc - he would be signing as a 21 year old and the elc would end the same as if he signed after next July 1, just having to play 3 full years of elc versus 2 if he waits.
His window is now if the blues are willing to burn. It gets him the shortest elc he will get and also the earliest normal contract. No other path can beat the blues, so in the event he elected the other paths, he gone. But also makes it super likely he signs today.
If he signs now the blues can lower his elc to 2 years after this one, resulting in normal contract 2027/28, right? 2025/26 and 26/27 being years 2 and 3 of the elc - year 1 burned whether he plays or not, assuming we offer that.
If he doesn’t sign now there is no better time in terms of ending the elc sooner, and the first equivalent time to get the elc to 2 years will be after july 1 after next season - in which he will be signing a 2 year elc at the age of 22. (Brock Nelson) This results in his first normal contract occurring in 28/29, right? Yeah that seems right. This path is the same amount of elc as if he signed today and we burned, but takes 1 more year.
If he waits until July 1 this year to sign his elc he will have a 3 year elc - he would be signing as a 21 year old and the elc would end the same as if he signed after next July 1, just having to play 3 full years of elc versus 2 if he waits.
His window is now if the blues are willing to burn. It gets him the shortest elc he will get and also the earliest normal contract. No other path can beat the blues, so in the event he elected the other paths, he gone. But also makes it super likely he signs today.
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