As contract expansion markets stagnate, who will blink first?
SportsNet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas in 32 Thoughts: Podcast – The Last Dance in the Los Angeles episode, on Jason Robertson and Kyle Connor’s contract with Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets, respectively.
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Bukauskas: “We haven’t talked about too much, you know, we probably should just give him a situation like (Kirill) Kaprizov, like (Connor) McDavid, Jack Eichel, that’s Jack Eichel, but you guys are named, but that’s Kyle Connor of Winnipeg Jets.
Friedman: “Well, I think he wants to stay, I think they want to keep him in. First of all, go to you is you, you’re talking about Jim Neal, right?
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Bukuskas: “I just wanted to talk to him in the local media in Dallas this week and ask about Jason Robertson. Now, his situation is different. Robertson.
This sparked my thoughts, what you were talking about not too long ago, and over the next period of time the entire landscape of salary cap jumps and boundaries continued to evolve, and no player wanted to be the one who ended up missing the boat because their numbers might be theirs because they had a deal too early in the proceedings.
So this is not only happening in the UFA world. As far as Jason Robertson is concerned, this is happening in the RFA world, and the team has to deal with the players around them, do new contracts, see, I just want to wait and see how this landscape will look at the next little bit, and how much it changes.
Friedman: “First of all, Jim Nill, he doesn’t put down the guards often, but when he does, he’s really good, like the whole conversation tonight, or the whole offer is really insightful.
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Neil said yesterday I talked about this with a few people, he was talking about Caprizov, he was talking about, we were talking about McDavid, and eventually we got to Connor. So, when Kaprizov completes, he will be a high-paid winger in the league whenever he is.
But last year, two deals set up new bars. Once was (Artemi) Panarin $11.64 (million), then (Mikko) Rantanen signed 12 (million), and Marner signed 12 (million). This person told me that there is no tax status in Lantanan. Marner No-No-tax State. The upper limit rises. Don’t you think Kyle Connor would be a high-paying winger in the league if he signed before Kaprizov?
I’m thinking about this. I was thinking, you know, you might be right. Even if Kaprizov signed first, Connor could be the second highest-paid winger in the league. So when we talk about this I do think the Jet wants to do the job and I do think he wants to stay. I think this is his preference.
But, you know, we’re talking about, boy, that’s, you know, who’s who’s the Jets, the highest-paid guy? Well, their top paid players are (Mark) Scheifele and (Connor) Hellebuyck for $8.50 (million), Hellebuyck was the MVP of the league last year. You know, he, this guy just said to me, it was amazing, it was an executive, he said, it changed very quickly for all of us.
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You know, he said, we all know. We all saw last year’s figures, the league’s deal with players over the next three years. But it seems always on the road, on the road, on the road.
Now, it hits everyone in the face and we’re just saying it’s that guy, the Jets signed two great deals, Scheifele and Hellebuyck. Like, these guys are worth every penny Winnipeg pays for them. Like we said, last year’s Hellebuyck had the league’s MVP, and a few years later, Kyle Connor was about to go, go past.
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