They probably intend on winning a cup in that 3 year span and letting him go after those 3 years

Cap struggles
Bruins were in a similar situation 1-2 weeks ago
Tampa Boston and Toronto have very similar situations, especially coming up

Of course they intend to, every year every team should intend to win the cup, they probably wont though lol

Over an 8 year period in those 2 scenarios the totals come out too close to say there’s a difference. And this way Tampa gets to spend the money in years that are convenient to them. Also his next extension assuming 8 years puts him UFA at 32 so Tampa also gets his very best years without having to extend him for insane money at age 28/29 3 years before his best years are over.

Yeah thats true, didnt think about it that way

More teams should utilize the 3 year bridge followed by 7/8 , that way you get the best years before overpay UFA. That or going to 5/6 year max deals would reduce the silly inflation in salaries from overpaid UFA’s about to fall off their career cliffs.

Its a wise.move by tampa. You dont overpay him.and you can trade him in his last contract year if you know hes going to cost too much and get a decent return for him

[Trade] Hurricanes trade Justin Faulk, 2020 5th-round pick to Blues for Joel Edmundson, Dominik Bokk, 2021 7th-round pick


After the trade, the Blues signed Faulk to a seven-year contract extension worth $45.5 million (annual average value of $6.5 million).

This post was edited by Darksern on Sep 24 2019 12:12pm

Bokk was 25th overall in 2018

Faulk also extends with Blues 7 x 6.5M

Quite the right side

uhhh lol

wow they gave bokk away eh