Max Bultman of The Athletic believes that the length of the Detroit Red Wings contract negotiations with Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider may have cost the Red Wings some money in the long run. Raymond and Seider remain unsigned as training camps are quickly approaching and Bultman believes that comparable contract extensions signed this summer may have only increased the asking price for both unsigned Red Wings.
Bultman cites Brock Faber’s eight-year, $8.5 million AAV contract as a potential floor for Seider’s new deal and adds that he believes both players will sign new deals before training camp and that should ease any tensions that might exist. However, Bultman does note that having two young core pieces unsigned this late in the summer might not be great for team morale.
In other evening notes:
- Jim Matheson of The Edmonton Journal tweeted that he believes Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard could get a $10MM AAV on his next deal with the Oilers. The 24-year-old is set to count just $3.9MM against the cap next season in the second year of a two-year deal and is coming off a year in which he registered 18 goals and 64 assists in 81 games. The 10th overall pick in 2018 has matured into one of the most prolific puck-movers in the NHL in just five seasons and has not only produced in the regular season but has been elite in the playoffs as well with 13 goals and 45 assists in 53 career playoff games. If Bouchard does indeed get an AAV at that rate, it will make for a tight salary cap for the Oilers who will also have to consider a Connor McDavid extension.
- Steven Ellis of Leafs Nation wonders if the Toronto Maple Leafs might have drafted a hidden gem in goaltender Timofei Obvintsev. The Maple Leafs selected the 6’4” Russian 157th overall in this year’s NHL entry draft and it may have been a shrewd move given that NHL teams hold Russian players’ rights indefinitely and goaltenders tend to develop slower. The 19-year-old hasn’t seen a ton of action the last two seasons, dressing in just 28 games, but scouts are raving about his quick hands and ability to direct pucks with his blocker out of harm’s way. As Ellis points out, Obvintsev is likely years away from being NHL-ready, but the team can be patient with him and give him time to develop his game.
$14 million a season for Draisaitl. $9.25 million a season for Nurse. McDavid’s new contract is going to be probably about $17 million a season. If the Oilers sign Bouchard to a deal at $10 million a season, that’s $50.25 million for 4 players. I know the cap will rise, but that’s still an awful lot of money to have invested in just four players.
Why didn’t thr Yzerplan include signing Mo and Raymond much earlier?
Because Yzerman is a freaking moron.
It would be great if you got the job. The issue being that you are a cyber-blowhard, don’t have much hockey knowledge, and no one knows who you are.
Bouchard is not a 10 million dollar player. But as Nurse and Draisalti showed. no hometown discount in Oilerland .They are becoming maple leafs how has that worked. NBA you can win with three or four max players. Not NHl.
If what we saw last year from Bouchard is the new norm, or perhaps the beginning of something even bigger, then he is absolutely worth 10m. 4th in NHL scoring for Dmen. Tied for 4th with Makar in Even strength scoring. 2nd in playoff scoring, breaking long standing NHL playoff scoring records in the process. His defensive game is rounding out well while his offensive game is elite. NHL salaries are on the rise as is the cap!
Even if I was living in an alternate reality this is still a crazy weird time to be a Detroit/Michigan sports fan.
The Lions are the best run organization in the city, with the most popular owner, with a GM who is transparent and proactive, and the Red Wings have their most popular player in history leading the team yet is somehow losing the faith and support of the fan base, mostly because he refuses to do the most obvious things
Oh, and Michigan football became relevant, winning a National Title, lost their coach to the NFL yet have more media attention than any preseason in their 100+ yr history. Meanwhile the Michigan hockey program continues to send an astonishingly high number of players into the NHL Draft yet continues to look like crap when it matters and haven’t won a damn thing, despite being able to make an NHL All Star team out of their recent players
omitting the tigers and pistons was a good call
Bouchard is not a 10 million player mabe a 7 mill but yes there no hometown discount they want to win but taking up all that cap space cause would could of got very good defence to fill the void like parayko or frowler good shutdown d-man or even we mabe could of did an offer sheet for swayman lol
he’s definitely more than 7 in today’s NHL.