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Is Thomas Harley still a thing? | Update: he is THE thing

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Hopefully they give him a contract similar to Klingberg's when he first signed. Its only one season so maybe we can get him locked up for 8 years at a pretty reasonable cap hit.
 
Arkham32 said:
Hopefully they give him a contract similar to Klingberg's when he first signed. Its only one season so maybe we can get him locked up for 8 years at a pretty reasonable cap hit.
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I think that Klingberg’s specific situation is definitely the reason his agent won’t let him agree to a deal like that.
 
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Actually looking into it, his agent has done some reasonable contracts through the years. Notably Draisaitl, Laine, Chychrun. Happens to also be the agent for Wyatt, so looking at a prequel to how next summer will advance.
 
If you're Harley's agent you're showing up with Jake Sanderson's 8x8 deal as the bare minimum starting point. Harley's better and proven in the playoffs.
 
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piqued said:
If you're Harley's agent you're showing up with Jake Sanderson's 8x8 deal as the bare minimum starting point. Harley's better and proven in the playoffs.
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One really nice thing about Miro and Roope's deals is it set the ceiling for any of our upcoming deals. That will likely remain until Robertson ends up getting 10+M.
 
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They can't absorb another 8m+ deal. Not for two+ years.

I would offer Harley 2x5m and a pony.
 
Frozen Failure said:
They can't absorb another 8m+ deal. Not for two+ years.

I would offer Harley 2x5m and a pony.
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It’s definitely going to be in line with the likes of Evan Bouchard and K’andre Miller. Both whom had more proven track records in the NHL, signed for 2 years at around $3.9mil AAV. Noah Dobson had a very similar path in terms of production and signed for 3 x $4mil.

Given the protential rise in the cap, I’d wager he lands in the $3.95-4.2mil range for a 2-3 year extension.
 
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Johno said:
It’s definitely going to be in line with the likes of Evan Bouchard and K’andre Miller. Both whom had more proven track records in the NHL, signed for 2 years at around $3.9mil AAV. Noah Dobson had a very similar path in terms of production and signed for 3 x $4mil.

Given the protential rise in the cap, I’d wager he lands in the $3.95-4.2mil range for a 2-3 year extension.
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This is also fair. I spent zero time researching comparables this time.
 
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Looking back at that draft, Harley was a steal. He was the 6th defenseman taken overall, and is currently the 2nd best d-man from the entire draft, the first of course being Moritz Seider (6th overall so we had no chance at drafting him). There's a few others with potential to pass him (Byram, York, Vlasic), but right now he's looking pretty good. Kinda crazy that Seider was projected to go around our pick @ 18, but Yzerman took a gamble that paid off. Even with hindsight, looking at that draft there isn't anybody taken after Harley that I'd have drafted over him.

GG Jimmy
 
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Bring this beat back. I'm tired of posting in the contract thread. Day 1 of ____ of bumping this thread until it's locked
 
Canada finally knows who this guy is. STUD

Funny that 2 years ago he couldn't crack the roster at training camp. He's come a long way.
 
Harley has the 4th highest total Defenseman gamescore this season behind only Makar, Hughes, and Werenski while being suppressed by his own coaching staff

The #1 thing is settled, what we should be talking about is a Norris finalist
 
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Makes you wish they had paid him a little more per season and gotten him locked in for more years. Like a 6yrx6m deal.
 
EXTRAS said:
Makes you wish they had paid him a little more per season and gotten him locked in for more years. Like a 6yrx6m deal.
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We didn't have the cap space to do that at the time without trading someone else or shedding cap some other way. He barely fit in @ $4m/yr
 
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We didn't have the cap space to do that at the time without trading someone else or shedding cap some other way. He barely fit in @ $4m/yr
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Pissing away 7m between Dumba and Lyubushkin is the reason he barely fit at 4m.
Hell just Dumba alone, that extra 3.75m could have been given entirely to Harley and there would be no noticeable difference in the quality of the d-core, actually it would probably be better
 
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Harley hadn't earned a $6x6 yet. He looked good with Miro, but not so much on his own. He started this season pretty crap as well, making the $4 million look like an overpayment.

I'm glad he got over the slump because the team would be hosed without him stepping up in Miro's absence.
 
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