Rafafouille
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If he wants anything more than 3.5m he has to be moved. Adam Henrique makes 3m, Domi makes 3.75m, Nick Paul makes 3.1.
3x3 would be market value.
3x3 would be market value.
If he wants anything more than 3.5m he has to be moved. Adam Henrique makes 3m, Domi makes 3.75m, Nick Paul makes 3.1.
3x3 would be market value.
Potentially.Cap is going up quite a bit in the next few years though so there's going to be inflation.
Bigger physical center Gives us another option. If Evans could return key piece I move him. Chesley and a second or even a third I would.I dont think we should re-sign him i believe will have better options in Beck and Hage and for our 4th line center i rather have a bigger physical body
His value will not be higher than it is now.
You trade him at the deadline, I think you can get a good young prospect or late 1st for him.
You don't commit to 28 y old bottom 6ers at this stage of a rebuild.
You do that when you are in your window to contend and when your young core is locked up.
Best exemple is Colorado trading for Lehk and extending him. Perfect depth piece at the right time. Those depth UFAs often will also sign for a bit less to play with a contender.
Beck is a future #3 C IMO. He fits perfectly the core as well and will step up in the NHL as soon as next season I think.
Beck has still done squat at the NHL level. Assuming AHL prospects will automatically continue to play at the same level in the NHL is a long time trap some folks here fall into.Beck is having a better AHL rookie season at 20 than Evans did at 22. He also has far more success as a junior/NCAA player. He has the draft pedigree too. I’ll take my chances rather than overpay for a guy playing like a 3C for the first time in his career.
3x3.
I don't want to spend more than $3 million on a 3/4c. He'll be 29 in June. Three years is long enough to show faith and short enough that if he's still good at 32 you can give him another deal before 35.
Don't blame him at all. He's have a really nice year. Great for him. Dangerous for teams. I just don't want to get stuck with a "death by a thousand cuts" contract.If he goes to the highest bidder, and barring a bad injury, I think he will get 4 years if he wants it.
With his history, I think he will want to stretch his term as long as he can.
If we had a real 2C there wouldn’t be an issue. That’s the position that needs to be upgraded this summer.Beck has still done squat at the NHL level. Assuming AHL prospects will automatically continue to play at the same level in the NHL is a long time trap some folks here fall into.
Even if Beck does do great next season for the Habs, though, there are still two other center spots to fill. Expecting Kapanen to fill one next season is a recipe for failure. He's most likely to be playing in the AHL or Europe in 2025-26, while Hage should still be in the NCAA.
It's going to take time to see how the center prospects shake out, and past history says not all of them will make it. Casually discarding a viable NHL center in Evans to prematurely make space for all of them would be a mistake.
You can never have too much center depth, and right now the Habs have no depth at the position for next season.
Still need at least one more bottom 6 center next season, too. And Kapanen most likely isn't it.If we had a real 2C there wouldn’t be an issue. That’s the position that needs to be upgraded this summer.
Cap is going up quite a bit in the next few years though so there's going to be inflation.
His value will not be higher than it is now.
You trade him at the deadline, I think you can get a good young prospect or late 1st for him.
You don't commit to 28 y old bottom 6ers at this stage of a rebuild.
You do that when you are in your window to contend and when your young core is locked up.
Best exemple is Colorado trading for Lehk and extending him. Perfect depth piece at the right time. Those depth UFAs often will also sign for a bit less to play with a contender.
Beck is a future #3 C IMO. He fits perfectly the core as well and will step up in the NHL as soon as next season I think.
Moving out contracts with 2 years remaining isn’t easily done, look at our own team. I would stick to 4 years. That should remain safe the duration of the contract and I would give up to 4million per.Could also give him more term at a lower AAV, for someone like Evans, maybe the security of more term might be worth more than a slightly higher AAV over less years.
You can always transition Evans to wing in the bottom 6, or find a way to move him out with 2 years left on his term.