Who will blink first, because the contract extension market has come to a standstill?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – The Final Dance in LA episode, on Jason Robertson and Kyle Connor‘s contract state of affairs with the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets, respectively.
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Bukauskas: “Somebody we haven’t talked as a lot about, and , we most likely ought to simply given he’s in the same state of affairs as a (Kirill) Kaprizov, as a (Connor) McDavid, that Jack Eichel, you title it, however that’s Kyle Connor of the Winnipeg Jets. What’s occurring there?
Friedman: “Properly, I believe that he desires to remain in, and I believe they wish to hold him properly. To start with, going to the you have been, you have been speaking about Jim Nill, proper?
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Bukauskas: “I simply thought when he spoke to the native media in Dallas this week and requested about Jason Robertson state of affairs. Now, his is completely different, after all, I believe they nonetheless obtained two extra years of management. He’s not going into UFA territory simply but. I simply thought it was actually fairly one thing that he comes out and says the negotiating market proper now with gamers within the league has come to a standstill, and it’s a standstill to with Jason Robertson.
And that triggered my thoughts to what you had talked about not too way back, with the entire evolving panorama of the wage cap leaping leaps and bounds over the subsequent short while, that no participant desires to be the one which finally ends up lacking the boat when it comes to the place their quantity may very well be as a result of they took a deal too early within the proceedings.
So it’s not solely occurring within the UFA world. It’s occurring within the RFA world, within the case of Jason Robertson and groups are having to cope with gamers throughout, do new contracts, seeing, I simply wish to wait and get a way of how this panorama is all going to look over the subsequent little bit and the way a lot it adjustments.
Friedman: “To start with, Jim Nill, he doesn’t let his guard down too usually, however when he does, he’s actually good, like that complete dialog tonight, or that complete quote was actually insightful. And so Jim, should you’re listening to this pod, and I do know you’re most likely not, however should you’re listening to this pod, you must let your guard down extra usually, as a result of that was nice stuff.
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I used to be speaking with a pair folks about this yesterday, after Nill stated it, and he was speaking about Kaprizov and he was speaking, we’re speaking about McDavid, and finally we obtained round to Connor too. So Kaprizov when he will get completed, at any time when that’s, he’s going to be the highest-paid winger within the league.
However final 12 months, there have been two offers that set a brand new bar. It was (Artemi) Panarin $11.64 (million), then (Mikko) Rantanen signed for 12 (million), and Marner signed for 12 (million). And this individual stated to me, Rantanen no-tax state. Marner no-tax state. Cap going up. Don’t you suppose that if Kyle Connor indicators earlier than Kaprizov, he’s going to be the highest-paid winger within the league?
And I used to be fascinated with that. I used to be considering, what, you’re most likely proper. And even when Kaprizov finally ends up signing first, Connor might be going to be the second highest-paid winger within the league. So once we have been speaking about this, and I do suppose the Jets wish to get that completed, and I do suppose that he desires to remain. I believe that’s his choice.
However, , we have been sort of speaking about, boy, that’s and also you have a look at it, , who’re the who’re the Jets, highest paid guys? Properly, theyir highest paid gamers are (Mark) Scheifele and (Connor) Hellebuyck at $8.5 (million), and Hellebuyck was the MVP of the league final 12 months. And , he, this man, was simply saying to me, it’s superb, and that is an Exec, he stated, it’s superb how fast it’s altering for all of us.
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You realize, he stated that, all of us knew it. All of us noticed the numbers final 12 months, the settlement that the league reached with the gamers over the cap the subsequent three years. But it surely at all times appeared prefer it was down the street, down the street, down the street.
Now, it’s hitting all people smack dab within the face, and we have been simply sort of saying how, , that is the man, the Jets signed two nice offers, Scheifele and Hellebuyck. Like, these guys are going to be value each penny Winnipeg is paying for them. Like we stated, Hellebuyck with the MVP of the league final 12 months, and now a pair years later, Kyle Connor is simply going to go, whoosh proper previous.
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