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

[roryjones]

Dallas management better not f*** around or they will find out this stud will accept a massive offer sheet because there are a ton of teams looking for a center and the cap is jumping quite a bit.

I trust Nill. He knows what he is doing. There won’t be an offer sheet. Nill will keep enough money free to ensure he can match anything which makes the offer sheet threat pointless.

 

[BHawk21]

Hawks offersheet at 11.452 for 5 years.

 

[M88K]

Hawks offersheet at 11.452 for 7 years.

They are not going to risk 4 1st round lotto picks for Wyatt

 

[BHawk21]

They are not going to risk 4 1st round lotto picks for Wyatt

Think thats 2 1st round picks 1 second and 1 3rd. Could be wrong.

 

[HawksDub89]

Hawks offersheet at 11.452 for 7 years.

Zero chance

 

[M88K]

Think thats 2 1st round picks 1 second and 1 3rd. Could be wrong.

RFA contract compensation is based on division of 5, not length of contract

"An offer sheet’s average annual value is also calculated slightly differently than a standard contract. If the contract is longer than five years, the total salary is still divided by five to determine the AAV. That would mean a seven-year contract worth $8MM per season ($56MM total value) would carry an AAV of $11.2MM for the purposes of offer sheet compensation. "

11.452 x5 would be the 2 firsts, 1 2nd, 1 3rd.
11.452 x7 would be firmly in 4 1st territory.


And it would all but guarantee Bedard is getting 11+ on his next contract too

 

[TGWL]

Well, if we go by the Shesterkin contract tweets, 8+M here is like 11.5+ in singing in NY.

 

[BHawk21]

RFA contract compensation is based on division of 5, not length of contract

"An offer sheet’s average annual value is also calculated slightly differently than a standard contract. If the contract is longer than five years, the total salary is still divided by five to determine the AAV. That would mean a seven-year contract worth $8MM per season ($56MM total value) would carry an AAV of $11.2MM for the purposes of offer sheet compensation. "

11.452 x5 would be the 2 firsts, 1 2nd, 1 3rd.
11.452 x7 would be firmly in 4 1st territory.


And it would all but guarantee Bedard is getting 11+ on his next contract too

Thanks.

Btw I would easily offer 11.45 by 5 years for Johnston.

 

[FlyguyOX]

If flyers truly end up with a pick at 10ish or later like it's starting to look like then absolutely in favor of using it for an offer sheet.

 

[BruinDust]

Highest scoring 21-year old in the NHL this season. Highest scoring 20-year old in the NHL last season.

Tied for 6th in the entire NHL in points since January 1st with MacKinnon.

Johnston is getting paid on his next contract. 8 million per with a dramatically rising cap seems light.

 

[Juxtaposer]

If flyers truly end up with a pick at 10ish or later like it's starting to look like then absolutely in favor of using it for an offer sheet.

Any offersheet you attempt to sign this summer uses 2026 picks, not 2025 picks. You can't sign him to an offersheet until July 1st, after the 2025 draft.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Any offersheet you attempt to sign this summer uses 2026 picks, not 2025 picks. You can't sign him to an offersheet until July 1st, after the 2025 draft.

Even better, but thank you for the clarification. I had forgotten about that.

 

[Chardo]

That might make him the highest paid Wyatt on the planet.

 

[Jared Dunn]

I would easily give him like 6x10.5 on an offer sheet from Montreal

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

So over these takes

Texas does not have income tax, BUT they make up for it in other areas.

There are more ways than an income tax for states to get money. Texas uses the if you use it we tax it method.

So. We have high sales tax with local jurisdictions able to add up to 2% allowing the total to be almost %-10 sales tax

Then… Property tax. 5th highest in the nation. For perspective. Texas pays double amount of property tax of 30 other states. Double!

If you average ALL the taxes Texas residents pay, then they average above middle of the road about 12-15 for most tax burden state.

I got a rude awakening visiting Nashville a couple weeks ago. (Tennessee also income tax free)

9.75% sales tax rate and another 15% tax on alcohol sales in restaurants/bars. After tip it ended up being around $32 for two drinks in every bar we visited.

They get their money one way or another.

 

[TangoMcBride]

That might make him the highest paid Wyatt on the planet.

Until Wyatt Langford of the Texas Rangers gets paid.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Between the cap increase and Benn's contract expiring, DAL has $16M in cap to play with next season.

... Just from those two things.

When you consider that, these "I'd sign him to an offer sheet!" comments are hilarious.