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Brick Tamland

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Not that Sept 15 makes much diffrence to this discussion; I'd still like to see Bitz back! Cannot see him not being better than Desbiens?

Can't see making Kassian work for his minutes be a problem either. In reality, Bitz should not have been sent down in favour of Kassian last year (maybe he is not interested for that reason? :huh: ).

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They definately should. Boston seems to be the smartest team right now by locking down their young players to long-term contracts which will most likely be illegal under the new CBA.

MG has to take advantage of these next few days and lock in at least Edler to a long term, 5 or 6 year deal at around 5M per. Burrows is already old so maybe a 3 year deal would suffice.

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Alex Edler - negotiation probably starts at 5.5M (if Wideman got it...and Enstrom's precedent etc.), but hoping he takes some discount to stay here and sign for 5M. at least 6 year deal probably. No problem at all with those terms.

Alex Burrows - has been out-producing guys likes Hartnell, and has been the definition of clutch for the nucks. so negotiation probably starts at 4.5M. But look at his age. Plus there's the "playing with the Sedins" factor. We know he wants to stay here. But according to his agent's twitter, two sides have not come close in over two weeks of negotiations. I'm assuming it's the length of the contract that's hindering. If he takes a discount at 4~4.5M, that's great. But his new contract kicks in when he's 32. Will he be worth that much at age 35? 36?

This also means, assuming CBA brings down the cap again, that we have to trade Ballard for sure next season. Just don't see how we will fit under the cap with Burr and Eddie signed up (even with Luongo gone). We really need Kassian and Jensen to make an impact while they're still under their entry level contracts.

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Alex Edler - negotiation probably starts at 5.5M (if Wideman got it...and Enstrom's precedent etc.), but hoping he takes some discount to stay here and sign for 5M. at least 6 year deal probably. No problem at all with those terms.

Alex Burrows - has been out-producing guys likes Hartnell, and has been the definition of clutch for the nucks. so negotiation probably starts at 4.5M. But look at his age. Plus there's the "playing with the Sedins" factor. We know he wants to stay here. But according to his agent's twitter, two sides have not come close in over two weeks of negotiations. I'm assuming it's the length of the contract that's hindering. If he takes a discount at 4~4.5M, that's great. But his new contract kicks in when he's 32. Will he be worth that much at age 35? 36?

This also means, assuming CBA brings down the cap again, that we have to trade Ballard for sure next season. Just don't see how we will fit under the cap with Burr and Eddie signed up (even with Luongo gone). We really need Kassian and Jensen to make an impact while they're still under their entry level contracts.

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Alex Edler - negotiation probably starts at 5.5M (if Wideman got it...and Enstrom's precedent etc.), but hoping he takes some discount to stay here and sign for 5M. at least 6 year deal probably. No problem at all with those terms.

Alex Burrows - has been out-producing guys likes Hartnell, and has been the definition of clutch for the nucks. so negotiation probably starts at 4.5M. But look at his age. Plus there's the "playing with the Sedins" factor. We know he wants to stay here. But according to his agent's twitter, two sides have not come close in over two weeks of negotiations. I'm assuming it's the length of the contract that's hindering. If he takes a discount at 4~4.5M, that's great. But his new contract kicks in when he's 32. Will he be worth that much at age 35? 36?

This also means, assuming CBA brings down the cap again, that we have to trade Ballard for sure next season. Just don't see how we will fit under the cap with Burr and Eddie signed up (even with Luongo gone). We really need Kassian and Jensen to make an impact while they're still under their entry level contracts.

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They definately should. Boston seems to be the smartest team right now by locking down their young players to long-term contracts which will most likely be illegal under the new CBA.

MG has to take advantage of these next few days and lock in at least Edler to a long term, 5 or 6 year deal at around 5M per. Burrows is already old so maybe a 3 year deal would suffice.

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