OgeeOgelthorpe
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- Feb 29, 2020
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My main concern isn't 20/21 or 21/22 its 24/25 and 25/26. I don't want a 33 year old 7 million dollar 5'9" power play specialist as one of our highest paid players in 24/25
Really my only concern is about the contract. To prove it I would be comfortable signing Krug at 11 million per season, if it was for only 2 years. I still think that wastes an asset though because we can't leverage cap dumps like Staal
I don't think we will.
Let's say in 24-25 or 26 we're still a playoff bubble team. Krug gets a 6 year deal from the Wings. He'll be either on the 2nd to last, or the last year of the deal in a time when the cap has theoretically increased to between 86 and 90 million. He could get traded to a contender for an asset at that time.
It's a zero risk move. Signing Krug isn't going to stop us from signing Zadina when he pots 30 goals in a season. And if we're looking at our drafting successes from 2018 to 2020, a lot of those guys will be on their first or second contracts so they won't be demanding too much either.
We will be ok, my dude.