Habs Halifax
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So same as Suzuki and Caufield right?
Exactly, sign him to a bridge deal and if he proves you wrong, be ready to pay.
I'm good either way
I don't think 9M+ was ever a real consideration, but signing for 8M + certainly was.
They managed to get it just under Suzuki, again negotiating in a flat cap, so that worked out.
The circumstances are not the same this time around...if it ends up playing out that way, great.
But to act like it's the end of the world if Slafkovky ends up making a bit more than Suzuki when the cap is 12M higher than it was when Suzuki signed, seems very silly to me.
Caufield was on a 40+ goal pace with MSL before the contract was signed. Slaf put up good numbers at age 19 and is showing potential. Basically, the hype in Slaf is a great half of a season like Caufield but at a younger age.
Slaf has earned 60-80 pts talk. Not 80-100. So yeah, if the Habs decide to offer the Caufield/Suzuki contract this summer, I don't think this is an offer his agent turns down lightly. It's a fair approach to what we know today. He doesn't deserve more than Suzuki and yes, it's what we know today bud.