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

[SI90]

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

Kids such a gamer!! His name alone says superstar lol you guys got a good one!

 

[BLNY]

You forget the Texas income tax factor.

I considered it. I don't think players are going to be granting that 'discount' given where the cap is going.

 

[TD Charlie]

Doesn’t hurt for Dallas to try, but 8x8 definitely isn’t getting it done

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Yea, good luck with that Dallas.

 

[StlBigFly]

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.

rfa years are worth way less than ufa years…

Johnston is 21 now and if he signs a deal for 8 years it would be 4 rfa years and 4 ufa years. And is a center.

Boesser is 28. Any deal he signs: They’re all ufa years. And is a winger.

Neither of these situations would be used to derive the value of the other.

A better comparable for the situation would be Seth Jarvis who:

Signed at the same age selling the same number of rfa years.

Is also a scoring center

Seth Jarvis signed in 2024 and his aav is 7.420.

In Dallas players do not pay state income tax. It would be expected that there is a slight discount due to this.

I’d guess that the player signs for similar to Jarvis and that the reporting is inaccurate.

My guess here is about 7.6Mx8. A slight discount over the 7.9 or so as derived from Jarvis. Perhaps the contract holdup is not over the aav. I suppose the terms, such as structure of the pay or bonuses could change the numbers if Johnston’s preferences are significantly different than Jarvis but I don’t think this is a case where 9s or 10s will be involved.

 

[Kiorei]

8x10 and I'm happy as a Stars fan.

 

[CaptainShark]

Kids such a gamer!! His name alone says superstar lol you guys got a good one!

No, no, his name screams hero in an Oscar showered Western…

 

[SI90]

No, no, his name screams hero in an Oscar showered Western…

Everyone’s on edge as Wyatt Johnston takes on Marshal Jed Cooper

 

[KrisLetAngry]

7 million 3 years?

 

[QuizGuy66]

8*8 is soooooo 2023

 

[Blue and Green]

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

I don't think $8M is fair even for five years. This kid is really good.

 

[LT]

rfa years are worth way less than ufa years…

Johnston is 21 now and if he signs a deal for 8 years it would be 4 rfa years and 4 ufa years. And is a center.

Boesser is 28. Any deal he signs: They’re all ufa years. And is a winger.

Neither of these situations would be used to derive the value of the other.

A better comparable for the situation would be Seth Jarvis who:

Signed at the same age selling the same number of rfa years.

Is also a scoring center

Seth Jarvis signed in 2024 and his aav is 7.420.

In Dallas players do not pay state income tax. It would be expected that there is a slight discount due to this.

I’d guess that the player signs for similar to Jarvis and that the reporting is inaccurate.

My guess here is about 7.6Mx8. A slight discount over the 7.9 or so as derived from Jarvis. Perhaps the contract holdup is not over the aav. I suppose the terms, such as structure of the pay or bonuses could change the numbers if Johnston’s preferences are significantly different than Jarvis but I don’t think this is a case where 9s or 10s will be involved.

Well we've apparently already offered more than that and it's been declined. It'll come it at least 8.5M per.