Speculation: Evan Bouchard asking $11M AAV on his next deal

[SeanMoneyHands]

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[AlwaysSunnyInDetroit]

you love to see it

 

[nucksflailtogether]

Damn. That's a tough pill for the Oil. Gonna be paying 40 mil for 3 guys.

 

[Three On Zero]

That’s about 4-5 million too much

 

[ViD]

The new Leafs cap management with most of it in 3 players

 

[Prairie Habs]

Damn. That's a tough pill for the Oil. Gonna be paying 40 mil for 3 guys.

Which would make their margin for error with the rest of the roster roughly zero. Don't see how it works with nurse on the roster.

 

[McFlash97]

Hell get 10. Cap will be 100 in 2 years. Doesnt matter. You can still fill out a great team with 60 mill

 

[A1LeafNation]

He won't be getting less than Dahlin

 

[LuLover96]

I was told all of last year he's a top 5 dman in the league, can't wait to see him get paid like one! I wonder if his agent just pulls up Twitter receipts to use as a negotiation tactic lmao

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

If Nurse can get $9.25M, then it's a fair ask, right?

 

[Three On Zero]

If Nurse can get $9.25M, then it's a fair ask, right?

This is true.

 

[thefutures]

Another Ken Holland gift

 

[Roof Daddy]

I would just offer him 2 yrs x 8 per. Tell him he’s leaving a little on the table for the opportunity to have earliest available UFA status. If his defensive game grows then he’s worth 11 (or more). But if it stays the same and he’s just a real good offensive Dman, then he can be someone else’s contract mistake.

 

[Leafs87]

If Nurse can get $9.25M, then it's a fair ask, right?

Leon also didn’t take a discount

 

[Mr Positive]

He was a pure offense dman when he was younger but has evolved his game a ton and he has become elite now. He has eclipsed his mentor Ekholm.

I bet he signs for 10 aav x 8

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Edmonton-Boston deal?

 

[AlwaysSunnyInDetroit]

Hell get 10. Cap will be 100 in 2 years. Doesnt matter. You can still fill out a great team with 60 mill

i hope mcdavid gets $20m x 8

 

[benfranklin]

Find a way to magically get rid of Nurse then ok. Watch McDavid leave and they are shelling out all that cash to Draisaitl and Bouchard to be a bubble team for 8 years.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

He won't be getting less than Dahlin

Why? Dahlin is a much better player

 

[Some Other Flame]

Seems a bit low. He should ask for at least 13M a season. He's totally worth it.

 

[Czechboy]

Hoping for 8 x 8 personally and I'm a huge Bouch fan.lol

 

[nerevarine]

At the end of the day, if you have a team with mcdavid and drai on it you are a cup contender. The other players are just filler at that point.

 

[drktmplr12]

Oh my god

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Seems a bit low. He should ask for at least 13M a season. He's totally worth it.

 

[Garbageyuk]

He won't be getting less than Dahlin

Lol. As an EDM fan, if he’s going to use that as a benchmark, and he wants to play hardball, he can kick rocks.

Bouchard is a good player, but he isn’t the type of D that Dahlin is and will be, and as much as some may not want to admit it, he benefits greatly in terms of the stat sheet from playing with McDrai.

I’d offer him $10M AAV, and I think that’s generous and putting a lot of faith in him. I’m not quite sure about the term with that kind of AAV because I feel like the max term should be used on franchise level players because it makes them nearly untradeable. Bouchard is not a franchise level player, imo.

I’d offer $10M AAV @ 4, maybe 5 years. I’d give him a 10 team no-trade list if he wanted it, but wouldn’t budge anymore on the NTC/NMC.

If he didn’t accept that, then I think it’d be time to start looking at trade options.

That’s just me though; I’ve got this sickening feeling that the Oilers are just going to cave and give max term or $11M, or both. That would be disastrous.