Rumor: Dallas Stars have approached Wyatt Johnston's camp with an 8-year contract offer that would pay him slightly over 8M per season.

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[Mrfenn92]

Think they have to go higher

 

[JoeSakic13]

He should ask for a 2 year bridge deal so Seguin’s contract is off the books.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Seems fair, if it were last summer. With the cap going up, his camp will probably want at least 8.5.

 

[strattonius]

Should be starting with a 10.

There's going to be a lot of shocked fans with the rising CAP.

8 for Johnston is a massive lowball. Brock Boeser is looking for 8 right now and Wyatt Johnston is a much better player in a much better age gap.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

He should only take a short-term bridge if it's as low as $8M. A player like he is will be worth over $10M pretty soon in "new Cap" dollars.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Yeah that would robbery if he signed that.

 

[Leafs87]

Before they announced the cap skyrocketing this would be a discount, now this would be highway robbery.

 

[BKarchitect]

Sounds like where you start in negotiations.

Johnston, after a slow start like Robertson, where he was completely snake-bitten by low shooting percentage, has been an absolute unit since the turn of the year along with his teammate:

Oh yeah, he also is one of the team's top PKers.

One of the brightest young star forwards in the game. He should cost way more than "a little over 8"...even if the cap weren't going up.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

No chance I'm taking that if I am Wyatt Johnston.


With the way the cap is projected to go, I'm not signing an 8 year deal straight out of my ELC for less than $10M in his shoes.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Should be starting with a 10.

There's going to be a lot of shocked fans with the rising CAP.

8 for Johnston is a massive lowball. Brock Boeser is looking for 8 right now and Wyatt Johnston is a much better player in a much better age gap.

Fans will have to readjust themselves

 

[Kevin Musto]

Wyatt's agent probably leaked this

 

[thedjpd]

No chance I'm taking that if I am Wyatt Johnston.


With the way the cap is projected to go, I'm not signing an 8 year deal straight out of my ELC for less than $10M in his shoes.

Yup.

As a Flyers fan, I'd easily offersheet him $11.4 now. Never mind that that number will go up to probably $12-$13M and I'd still do it short of 4 1st rounders.

I get $8M is a starting point, but you go to that hoping that they come back with $9M or $9.5M and you meet in the middle. But Johnston is going to get way more than that.

 

[eojsmada]

5yr at 8M maybe...add 3 more years with the cap being almost 30M higher will take a git more AAV from Dallas

 

[Kcb12345]

Anything under $9.5m is a steal for him. If this offer is true it's definitely low

But like someone else mentioned, this seems like a early negotiations type offer

 

[DRAGO 18]

He is nuts if he signs that

 

[SI90]

Wish I could find the thread on the main boards where I was laughed at for saying Wyatt would be a star coming out of Windsor.

 

[BLNY]

Suzuki was 23 when his current deal started. It came in at 8.9% of the salary cap. The same percentage would be $8.5million next year - IF the cap wasn't expected to continue to climb annually. New cap reality is going to throw things in a blender. $10m per is the likely number.

 

[LeProspector]

If he was smart, he’d do a 3 year bridge at that amount. Then cash in long term after the cap explodes.

 

[Turin]

They should have to do better than that

 

[Magic Mittens]

Sounds like Nill wants to get this done before the deadline so he has a better idea of next years cap. Meaning he can then make a trade for someone with term

Guess if we see this done before Friday then we can expect Dallas to make a trade for a Dman with term

 

[EXTRAS]

They wish. 8 million if it's 3 years...

 

[Michoulicious]

Suzuki was 23 when his current deal started. It came in at 8.9% of the salary cap. The same percentage would be $8.5million next year - IF the cap wasn't expected to continue to climb annually. New cap reality is going to throw things in a blender. $10m per is the likely number.

You forget the Texas income tax factor.

 

[Sideline]

That's a fair deal for 5 years, but Johnston would be leaving a ton a money on the table at 8 years.

 

[starsfan86]

Wish I could find the thread on the main boards where I was laughed at for saying Wyatt would be a star coming out of Windsor.

Most Stars fans (including myself) were pissed when his name was called at the draft. Lots of comments saying we reached and he would be a third line guy