B/R Open Ice: Frank Seravalli, when asked if there must be concern for Chicago Blackhawks fans if he desires to sign a five-year deal as an alternative of an eight-year deal.
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“First off, no, not concerning. Were Toronto Maple Leaf fans concerned when Auston Matthews signed a five-year deal out of the shoot of his entry-level deal? No.
Two. I believe it also depends, Nathan, on when Connor Bedard signs his deal. If he waits until after July 1st, which obviously there’s loads of time between at times. But when he waits until after July 1, essentially the most years that he could sign for anyway, ratchets all the way down to seven, as per the collective bargaining agreement changes. So it does change the spectre of that barely. An eight-year deal would wish to get done before the calendar turns to July 1st.
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And greater than that, I just think the salary cap environment is changing. I don’t think there’s anything that’s been decided by way of term or dollars. With regards to Connor Bedard, there have been a pair nice additional price points which have been set, that I believe are huge. Getting that Logan Cooley deal done, also the third largest contract ever signed out of entry-level, is one other really vital data point.
If you consider where Conor Bedard is at in his profession, perhaps the one other interesting data point can be as in the event that they waited again until After July 1st and Macklin Celebrini signs his next contract first. But wanting that, I believe the Hawks and the Bedard camp have just about all the info that they would wish to get a deal done.
But neither side is actually in a rush to do this. And I don’t think it must be viewed in any form of negative light. They’re just taking their time. He’s playing on the entry-level deal. There’s no reason to rush, and so that they’re going to sift through and see where things stand.
The 2 sides have remained in communication. It’s not like they’ve put it on ice and said, ‘Hey, we’re waiting until after the season’s over.’ But so far as I do know, and I did check in on this file over the past couple of days, they haven’t had any substantive talks of late.
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