Most likely, yes.
My initial reaction was that it meant the opposite: we have a deal with Vegas, or an understanding of who they want from us, and it's not Dano. I just kinda figured if they want to take him, why not let them work out the details of his contract and not bother our legal team during their valuable golfing time. But I'd forgotten about that pesky maximum on players not under contract.
If I'm wrong (and I usually am,) I'll be sad to see him go, but glad to see him get a shot on a team with more room for him to excel. I think he could have been a really good complementary piece and lately I've been feeling like Spacek - Roslovic - Dano could be an amazing 3rd line. If you watch Spacek play, he loves setting up guys who play just like Dano does.
Not at all a fan of Dano being exposed. Was really hoping to see Copp (or hell, even Thorburn) as the one being signed for the purpose of exposure.
This has expansion draft all over it. This now makes 7-3-1 a much more likely scenario.
Not Thorburn pleeease. Don't tempt Maurice. They could still sign Copp also.
Chevy better take a breather and pace himself. The summer just started.
If they were going to go 8-1 there was no reason to sign Dano this early since he would be exposed regardless. Now it makes 7-3-1 more realistic since they can expose Matthias and Dano.
There could also still be more deals coming that change the dynamics
Chevy better take a breather and pace himself. The summer just started.
There's definitely gotta be some off ice issues with Dano. Players with his potential don't just get shipped around like this so early in their careers ( if he in fact gets taken by Vegas).
Sucks, but I think in a couple years Spacek will fill whatever role Dano would have just as well.
Here's a food for though question. What's in it for Dano?
His agent must know the expansion math and the chances he is selected by Vegas. Why sign a contract early and help out the Jets. Why not see if you could extract more from Vegas? Why rush to sign for a deal for only $850k?