Player Discussion Jake Evans (Part II)

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Hughes is proactive and forward looking, if he wanted Evans as part of the team long-term he likely would've started talks already and tried to extend him in the off-season.

From Evans point of view, I am sure he loves playing here, but I think he'll want to go elsewhere as a UFA. He's in his late 20's and probably has seen the contacts guys like Copp, Compher, Stephenson etc. got and will want to try his luck on the market. There will also surely be teams who will give him more of a chance offensively on a higher line compared to the Habs have.

Personally if I was in Evans shoes as a UFA I would be pretty annoyed. He started the season with Gallagher/Anderson and that line was one of our better lines, then he got dropped to the 4th line with Heineman/Armia and helped make that line one of our better lines. Despite this, he's watched Dach get unlimited chances in our top 6 and on the PP while not earning any of it.

IF Evans did come back, I'd be happy giving up to $4M. He's always worked his ass off, is elite on the PK, puts up 25-30 points a year and can always be put on the wing if we are deep down the middle in the future.

I would keep Evans also.......................3.75-4M for his $$$ and another 4-5 years max on term.

 

[JianYang]

Hughes is proactive and forward looking, if he wanted Evans as part of the team long-term he likely would've started talks already and tried to extend him in the off-season.

From Evans point of view, I am sure he loves playing here, but I think he'll want to go elsewhere as a UFA. He's in his late 20's and probably has seen the contacts guys like Copp, Compher, Stephenson etc. got and will want to try his luck on the market. There will also surely be teams who will give him more of a chance offensively on a higher line compared to the Habs have.

Personally if I was in Evans shoes as a UFA I would be pretty annoyed. He started the season with Gallagher/Anderson and that line was one of our better lines, then he got dropped to the 4th line with Heineman/Armia and helped make that line one of our better lines. Despite this, he's watched Dach get unlimited chances in our top 6 and on the PP while not earning any of it.

IF Evans did come back, I'd be happy giving up to $4M. He's always worked his ass off, is elite on the PK, puts up 25-30 points a year and can always be put on the wing if we are deep down the middle in the future.

He's proactive with the younger guys who he identifies as core peices moving forward.

Evans is on a different boat. He probably doesn't want to handcuff himself at this time because the way Evans is playing is going to have value on the trade market, so that option needs to be explored.

I wouldnt even be shocked if hugo don't even have a decision on how to move forward with the Evans situation to this point. It's a tough call.

 

[Naslundforever]

Evans now with 2 threads on page 1 and a fan-estimated ufa value up like 500k with his play this week

 

[Tyson]

Evans should be signed % but I doubt he does. Why wouldn't he test the UFA market?
While I think Evans is a better player than 4.5 million per season Dvorak I doubt Hughes will pay him that much.