hamzarocks
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Give him either 3.33 times 3 or a 4.75x6 similar to a arvidsson type deal.
With the way the cap is expected to increase going forward with the Seattle expansion, I don’t think that will be a problem. That’s the beauty of getting the big 3 signed long term. Every year they’ll be a smaller and smaller percentage of the total cap. If Willy signs for 8 years, by the 8th year of his contract the cap might be 30M higher than it is today.I'd easily do 3 x 3. I might even do 4 x 4. My fear is his value soars to 5 + million and we can't keep him longer then 1-2 years.
He'll probably slow down a bit, but what if he gets put back on Matthews wing when he comes back and/or starts getting PP time?He will slow down, but in the middle of his contracts, I can see him having a few 25-30 goal seasons.
Many here are saying bridge for 2 to 3 million.
Are you people for real?
Its why these boards are so hilarious. Kapanen is going to score 60 points plus this year....just like Nylander did last year. How many of you think Nylander will sign a bridge for 2 to 3 million? What a joke.
Kapanen is going to get paid. Thats why Dubas can trade Nylander, because it looks like Kapanen is a better version of Nylander. He is faster, way more aggressive and has a beauty of a defensive game. He is the perfect player for this team and on Matthews line. He is also super clutch.
Read my lips.....KAPANEN IS BETTER THAN NYLANDER!
This place can be ridiculous sometimes.
Consider Nylander gone. That is all.
What tangible evidence? Answer this, who is faster? Who is more aggressive? Kapanen on pace for more than what Nylander put up last year. MORE points and no PP time. Nylander played all of last year on the PP. That is tangible.What’s ridiculous is saying Kapanen is better than Nylander when all tangible evidence points to the opposite being true.
Factor in we know for a fact he’s on an extreme hot streak right now hat won’t last, the prudent decision points to a bridge.
What tangible evidence? Answer this, who is faster? Who is more aggressive? Kapanen on pace for more than what Nylander put up last year. MORE points and no PP time. Nylander played all of last year on the PP. That is tangible.
Just because people think Nylander is better because they are used to him doesn't make it so.
Seriously? Do you know that little about hockey? I can name over 100 players that reached their potential into their early 20's and became superstars and better than the people they were compared to in their career.That Nylander that’s been the better player ever year from their pre-draft season to present. I mean this isn’t even arguable.
The fact that Kapanen has had a hot start this year is nice, but that doesn’t imply he’s surpassed Nylander (who hasn't even had the opportunity to match yet). Nylander has gone on PPG stretches of play at the NHL level for longer than 12 games. Small sample sizes don’t mean much in the grand sceheme of things.
Seriously? Do you know that little about hockey? I can name over 100 players that reached their potential into their early 20's and became superstars and better than the people they were compared to in their career.
We know you love Nylander, I get it.
So you have 2 choices right now. Who do you take? Nylander, who is a greedy little puke that has to do everything his father says and is butter soft in corners or Kapanen, who produces at the same level, is much faster and much more aggressive and is clutch.
One guy wilts in big games when the checking gets heavy and the other is the guy who does the aggressive heavy work.
Pick one.
So here is the evidence for all to see. You think players reach their potential in their mid 20's when in fact most players reach their potential when they are 22.I’m sorry, but this is just a bunch of nonsense.
Obviously players tend to reach their potential on their mid 20s. Nylander certainly hasn’t peaked before the age of 22 (you seem to be conveniently ignoring his growth potential). The point is he's tracking to be a far superior player (by being better than Kapanen by a far margin every season prior to this one).
You’re simply putting far too much weight into 12 or so games this season, and essentially pretending it suddenly erases everything that’s come before it. It just doesn’t work that way. There’s absolutely nothing that suggests Kapanen is more “clutch” than Nylander.
So here is the evidence for all to see. You think players reach their potential in their mid 20's when in fact most players reach their potential when they are 22.
And its weird you and I being on opposite points in an argument.
And there is lots of evidence that Kappy is more clutch. Just ask Finland.
Yup, a couple of us did it last year. The first career peak is at 22 then usually there is a few years of sub optimal play and then they peak again at 27.That's a fact?
So here is the evidence for all to see. You think players reach their potential in their mid 20's when in fact most players reach their potential when they are 22.
And its weird you and I being on opposite points in an argument.
And there is lots of evidence that Kappy is more clutch. Just ask Finland.