Value of: Bowen Byram
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GirardSpinorama
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If its a bridge, it'll be around where Noah Dobson's contract. I would rather just sign him up for 7 years but I don't think we have enough cap to get the number.
John Mandalorian
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One caveat to consider is a 2 year bridge beings him up for renewal at the same time as Rantanen.
GirardSpinorama
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Ya, I'd want a 3 year bridge. Noah Dobson got a 3x4M (with no backloading); nothing wrong with that for Byram.
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Either sounds ok to me. Should they close the thread now or do you think others will have different opinions about this?
GirardSpinorama
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Would be interesting to see what people think a long term contract would look like.
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Gurglesons
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6.5 milish. Likely a top pairing D, but his a leftie which drops his value.
Question is do you give him a long term contract with his history?
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I think a fair number considering his potential and the potential of it being a steal is 7-7.5 at 6-8 years. I would absolutely do that as worse case scenario it's ltir buried. He has number 1 d written all over him.
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He’s been good. 7.5 seems like a reach if they are giving him 6-8 years given his injuries and position.
While that is true, hopefully by that point we're seeing more consistent bigger jumps in the cap.
Mikko shouldn't get a huge raise anyway. He shouldn't be making much more then what Tkachuk just signed for tbh. Maybe a ~1-1.5M raise to get him into the $10.5M range.
I don’t think being a lefty drops his value. I just think there’s a righty tax when it comes to defencemen. Take the market value and add x dollars.
Offersheet comments are usually controversial because they rarely happen but he seems like an interesting gamble.
He could be a good risk for a team that is on the upswing but hasn’t hit the cap ceiling. 4,200,000 for 2 years is a 2nd rounder. Bryam gets paid immediately as an insurance policy against his health and the team that trades for him can flip/drop/retain him after 2 years.
Avs might match it too so either way it’s sort of a win-win if he can’t get a long term contract.
He could be a good risk for a team that is on the upswing but hasn’t hit the cap ceiling. 4,200,000 for 2 years is a 2nd rounder. Bryam gets paid immediately as an insurance policy against his health and the team that trades for him can flip/drop/retain him after 2 years.
Avs might match it too so either way it’s sort of a win-win if he can’t get a long term contract.
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The Avs *might* match this? They’d match anything even close to this so quickly your head would spin. The Avs would rather piss a 2nd rounder straight into the Colorado River as opposed to letting a foundational piece walk away for that price.
I mean great, makes sense. I speculate his next contract with the Avs is two years @ 4,200,000.
2 1st round picks from Montreal + 2nd and a 3rd?
Yeah Colorado takes that in an instant and says thank you very much.
I think Byrams ego is too big for that.
If he goes long term it'll be for 7+ IMO, which simply put the Avs can't afford today. They need to bridge him from a cap perspective but also for the sake of injury concerns.
