Salary Cap: Hutson's next contract

[BLONG7]

Side note - Lane Hutson / Kucherov / MSL etc are specifically why the draft & this whole “need to develop players better” is a red herring, and proof that a player either has elite hunger to work hard to achieve success or they don’t

They say, at times, you have to turn over thousands of stones, to find a rare gem....

I would offer him a bridge deal. I want the two extra years of control on back end. From 30 to 32. Takes him through his prime years. If Montreal extends him at 22 he is up again at 30. Habs be in a dilemma then. If they lock him up at 24, takes him til '32. Get him cheaper also, in long run. First two years of the bridge. Then don't have to redo him while in his prime years.

Bridge deals and star players?? Never works...................the agents eventually just kill the GM with the next contract.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I love Suzuki, but he should be the first one to admit that Lane should be paid higher than him. His impact on the game is already greater and he will keep improving. If we can have him at 8x9, it will be a steal.

Indeed

 

[overlords]

can we shoop laner on this thing?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

can we shoop laner on this thing?

Really hard to find a pic of Lane at that angle without a visor. Lane always wears a visor and the few off-ice pics of him are all front shots.

Edit...think i've found one.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

can we shoop laner on this thing?

Is that not him

 

[le_sean]

Just give him what he wants. It’s not like the team has any other defencemen near this level.

 

[HomaridII]

Don't forget who his agent is. I am not saying we'll get him cheap, but I bet you cheaper than you think now. I expect a team friendly long term deal.

 

[The Great Weal]

The market usually always dictates this sort of thing but make no mistake about it, we all love Lil'Lane but Nick F'n Suzuki is the team's best player.

With the rising cap and other comparables, I'd be shocked if Hutson agrees to 8x8.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

can we shoop laner on this thing?

Best I could do. Pixeling on the Lane pic wasn't great and didnt want to spend an eternity matching skin shade. One of those cases where an AI generated one might be better:

 

[Deebs]

With the rising cap and other comparables, I'd be shocked if Hutson agrees to 8x8.

For sure. It's just a cycle and usually they use percentage of the cap now days anyways.

 

[vokiel]

Don't forget who his agent is. I am not saying we'll get him cheap, but I bet you cheaper than you think now. I expect a team friendly long term deal.

Who?

 

[Scriptor]

Recent trend with 2nd NHL contracts is big money(notcrazymoney)times 6 years. It's actually a great compromise if you believe demidov and Reinbacher will be playing in Montreal as early as next season and that the team will be poised foe a long playoff run as early as 4 years from now.

A six-year deal for Hutson after next season gets you a 4-year playoff window before he signs what should be an 8-year contract as a 28-year old because he is born in February.

Hutson, during the 4-year window, will be 24, 25, 26 and 27, turning 28 in February of his contract's final year.

That window also has two years left for Suzuki, three years left for Caufield and five years left for Slafkovsky.

Demidov would be entering his second NHL contract and have anywhere from six to eight years left on that contract, depending on the term and extended and the Cap hit that comes with it.

Guhle would have three years left during that window.

Buying less UFA years (2 instead of 4, in Hutson's case) is a means to signing him around the Cap hit that Hughes got (7,85M), just under the internal Cap set around Suzuki's salary by Kent Hughes (not the player earning 7,85M).

I'd also look to extend Laine at Suzuki money, but for six years, not eight, spanning ages 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. That would have the entire four years remaining on Laine's next contract during our 4-year playoff window.

Term is the way to keep Hutson's Cap hit down. Sux years is far from a bridge contract and still a long term deal.

Good for Montreal and Hutson as he will be and 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 in his third NHL contract, limiting the potential for wasted money in the final years of his contract.

 

[OldCraig71]

100 million over 10 years.

 

[Skip Bayless]

100 million over 10 years.

 

[Pickles]

Dr. Evil (Hughes) won't pull a Bargain Bin and bridge this kid. He's going to sign him max term at a reasonable amount,