EP4 and BB6 taking up 20M?
Then what’s Hughes worth? 30-32M on 3 players?
I mean, Rantanen supposedly wants 14M. With MacKinnon at 12.5M and Makar at 9M, Colorado could be paying even more for three players (35.5M). And imagine what Makar demands in three years when his current deal expires. At least whatever we lock Hughes to will likely be the highest we ever pay him.
Point is, with the cap going up, you're paying the better players a lot more. Just how it works out.