Would the Ottawa Senators be occupied with Stuart Skinner?
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Sun: Would the Ottawa Senators be occupied with Pittsburgh Penguins’ pending UFA goaltender, Stuart Skinner, to pair with Linus Ullmark? It may cost a little the Senators around $3.25, which might put their tandem as much as $11.5 million. Senators GM Steve Staios was with the Oilers and is acquainted with Skinner.
Connor Bedard will get a giant, latest contract this offseason, but it surely’s not known what variety of deal he’ll be searching for
Scott Powers and Shayna Goldman of The Athletic: The Chicago Blackhawks and GM Kyle Davidson shall be hoping to get Connor Bedard signed to an eight-year deal, however the pending RFA holds the cards. Hard to see the Blackhawks in a position to say ‘No’ to whatever Bedard asks.
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Bedard could ask to change into the league’s highest-paid player, and it will not be an unreasonable ask. Kirill Kaprizov sits at $17 million. There was no indication that Bedard shall be asking for that, though.
AFP Analytics projects him at eight years and $13.2 million. Dom Luszczyszyn projects at $13 million and a market value of $13.7 million.
Logan Cooley signed an eight-year deal at $10 million in October. Leo Carlsson and Adam Fantilli are due for contracts as well. San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini is contract extension eligible.
Bedard could search for 12 to fifteen percent of the salary, and it’s an eight-year deal, the Blackhawks could also be okay with that, possibly if it’s for a shorter term. Coming out of his ELC, Auston Matthews took 14.27 percent, then 15.06 on his latest four-year deal. That is the last probability players can sign for eight years.
In the event that they signed Bedard near $20 million on a brief, bridge deal, they still won’t be a cap team. Now, they are going to have some contracts coming up that he’ll must sign over the following few years – defensemen Kevin Korchinski, Sam Rinzel and Artyom Levshunov, and forward Anton Frondell.
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“But at the top of the day, it’s just seeing what suits the team best, what suits me best and just going from there,” Bedard said that very same day. “I’m very open to nevertheless they see it and what they need to say.”
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