Value of: Brent burns next contract
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Super Cake
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Probably, but i could see a team giving him close to that amount of money if he makes it to free agency.
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Its going to be REALLY bad if san jose or anyone else signs him for north of 7 mil for 8 years...
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Doug Wilson basically never ever ever gives out contracts of more than 6 years. IIRC he's done it one time in the entire 13 years of his tenure here. For Burns, though, he might make an exception.
I'd be happy at anything at 8.5m AAV or less. I am guessing they'll use Hedman as something of a comparable as well. So, if I HAD to pick a number, I'm guessing he'll come in at 8m AAV for 6 or 7 years. And he'll be worth it. I'm 95% sure we'll get him signed to an extension before the start of next season. No way the team woudl wan tto go into the year next year with a Stamkos-like free agency situation hanging over the team the entire season and being a distraction.
If his season this upcoming year is similar to the one he had last year and he hit UFA, I can't even begin to imagine the size of the money bin people would throw at him. Probably use Subban's AAV as a starting point and go up from there.
I'd be happy at anything at 8.5m AAV or less. I am guessing they'll use Hedman as something of a comparable as well. So, if I HAD to pick a number, I'm guessing he'll come in at 8m AAV for 6 or 7 years. And he'll be worth it. I'm 95% sure we'll get him signed to an extension before the start of next season. No way the team woudl wan tto go into the year next year with a Stamkos-like free agency situation hanging over the team the entire season and being a distraction.
If his season this upcoming year is similar to the one he had last year and he hit UFA, I can't even begin to imagine the size of the money bin people would throw at him. Probably use Subban's AAV as a starting point and go up from there.
Why would he compare himself to Hedman when he's a UFA and Hedman is a RFA?
Burns will get 9.5 (more then SUbban due to the fact the cap went up) for 6-7years IMO
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Subban was also 25 when he signed his deal, Burns is 31, and will be 32 when the deal kicks in. That's going to hold the price down, I think, and will almost certainly keep it from being an 8 year deal. I don't doubt for 1 second he'd get 9.5 on the free agency market. But by all accounts he loves it here, and he's been embraced big time by the fans. So, I think he'll take a home town discount and come in at that 8-8.5m AAV number so that the team can keep adding good pieces around him.
So yeah, I think 8m AAV, 6 year term is pretty damn close to what they'll actually come in at.
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I don't think his next season is going to matter for his contract, as I am confident Doug Wilson will get an extension done this summer. No way he wants a season-long Stamkos-like distraction hanging over the team in a year when we're all-in on another Cup run while Thornton's window is still open. They're already working on a deal, and I expect it to be done by the start of training camp.
