Rumor: Travis Konecny looking for ~10M/Y on a long term deal

[Filthy Dangles]

Jim Jackson is long time Flyer TV PbP guy.

Thoughts?

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[SEALBound]

Nu nu nu nuuuu...hey hey HEY...GOOD BYE!

 

[DJN21]

I mean so am I but....

 

[BondraTime]

Good for him, can look for whatever he wants.

Can’t see any team paying that, though some teams get real stupid real quick.

 

[trick9]

I mean it's nothing but negotiating tactics. Flyers start at 6 and he counters with 10 (which then gets leaked). Then in a month or so he signs for 8.

 

[ponder719]

some teams get real stupid real quick.

The team he's asking for this money from is very much on that list. I hope like hell this is enough to convince them to trade him, as we have way more RW talent than anything else and we could use the pipeline replenishment, but I fear we're just going to give him what he's asking for.

 

[Sweetpotato]

Clearly negotiation tactics. Feeding info to someone to leak. He's no where near that $ amount.

 

[BKarchitect]

Great player and what he did dragging that corpse of a Flyers offense around last year was mighty impressive and entirely underrated.

For me, there’s more to TK in terms of being capable of being a focal point of a line than other small guys like DeBrincat who I see as purely complimentary on a good line or other big stats but all offense wingers like Kyrou (who do make a ton of money)…I think that’s a distinction that is worth making before everybody goes ham on “well player X has this many point and TK has this many points therefore…this equals that.”

All that said…this is just negotiation. I would not be surprised to see him around “8” though.

 

[Captain34]

He must be friends with, and therefore influenced by, the Leafs trio of Marner, Nylander, and Matthews.

 

[tfwnogf]

that's crazy, I'm looking for 10m a year deal too but I don't think either of us will get it

 

[dirtydanglez]

probably just the opening offer.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I could see him getting 8.5 for 7 or 8 years.

 

[dgibb10]

Great player and what he did dragging that corpse of a Flyers offense around last year was mighty impressive and entirely underrated.

For me, there’s more to TK in terms of being capable of being a focal point of a line than other small guys like DeBrincat who I see as purely complimentary on a good line or other big stats but all offense wingers like Kyrou (who do make a ton of money)…I think that’s a distinction that is worth making before everybody goes ham on “well player X has this many point and TK has this many points therefore…this equals that.”

All that said…this is just negotiation. I would not be surprised to see him around “8” though.

Konecny is also an all offense winger. His defense is atrocious

 

[Mrfenn92]

Can always ask

 

[LionsHeart]

“But he’s their best player” sometimes gets teams in a lot of trouble with contracts.

 

[bleachdrinker]

Asking for a premium because of what he adds to the culture.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Sorry Travis, you must be atleast this high to ride the $10M/AAV train.

 

[TLEH]

Ask for 10, get 7-8M

 

[TT1]

Ask for 10, get 7-8M

i don't think it works like that, if he's asking for 10 he wants at least 9-9.5

 

[TLEH]

i don't think it works like that, if he's asking for 10 he wants 9-9.5

It works like that all the time.

 

[TT1]

It works like that all the time.

so you're saying management is gonna come back at him offering ~6 then they're gonna meet in the middle at 7-8?

management is gonna come back at him at 8-8.5M and his agent is gonna push for 9

 

[banks]

I like TK a lot as a player. He's talented and fun to watch. But I'm sure even he knows he's not getting 10.

8.5 - 9 or something could happen. It still feels a bit high, but it could happen. The lift of forwards in that range is guys like Guentzel, Meier, Larkin, Zibanejad, Horvat, Scheifele, Drai, Forsberg, PLD.

 

[TLEH]

so you're saying management is gonna come back at him offering ~6 then they're gonna meet in the middle at 7-8?

management is gonna come back at him at 8-8.5M and his agent is gonna push for 9

The Nashville Predators initiate the arbitration process with their filing, but likely cost themselves substantial money with an offer of $4.75 million US, a minimal increase for a player nominated for a Norris Trophy. Weber's group put forward $8.5 million.

The arbitrator awards Weber $7.5 million.

2000: LeClair​

John LeClair sets a new mark and then some after he was awarded $7 million. LeClair went for the moon at $9 million, while the Philadelphia Flyers submitted a $4.6 million proposal. Thus, LeClair got himself a 92 per cent raise from the previous year's salary.

These are just arbitration examples. Its the same thing.

 

[pth2]

“But he’s their best player” sometimes gets teams in a lot of trouble with contracts.

This was a huge issue in Montreal for the Houle years - guys like Brian Savage and Martin Rucinsky got 1st line contracts because they played on the 1st line, despite being 2nd or 3d liners on most teams.

 

[1865]

He's not worth anything more than $8.5m, always a concern with players his size who are signing megadeals past their mid 30's.