Toews Extension

[Captain Iago]

Do you shell out 11/12 million AAV for him? What say you armchair GMs?

 

[DMelt36]

Do you shell out 11/12 million AAV for him? What say you armchair GMs?

I think about $10 million will be enough to lock the captain up for the remainder of his career.

I don't think there's a dollar amount you can pay that's too much for Toews. He's never leaving Chicago. But I also don't think he's a break-the-bank kind of player. He'll want a deal worthy of his skills, sure, but I don't think he'll demand to have the biggest contract in the league or anything like that. Doesn't seem to fit his style, IMO.

Kane may be a different story though.

 

[nwfisch]

You know this would be a good discussion to have on a podcast .

 

[HawkWriter]

The longest the Blackhwks can re-sign Toews/Kane is for 8 Years - so they will not be able to be locked up for life. The top six cap hits in the NHL are Ovie (9.5), Malkin (8.7), Crosby (8.7), Perry (8.6), Staal (8.2), Getzlaf (8.2). Getzlaf and Perry were signed last year (after the lockout) which is why I went top six cap hits. No way should Toews or Kane be getting over 8.5mil average cap hit in my opinion. Cap is going up, and it should continue to climb, which is great but no way should Toews/Kane get double digits.

 

[Jntg4]

Do you shell out 11/12 million AAV for him? What say you armchair GMs?

Please, wouldn't even give Beach that kind of money

 

[DMelt36]

The longest the Blackhwks can re-sign Toews/Kane is for 8 Years - so they will not be able to be locked up for life. The top six cap hits in the NHL are Ovie (9.5), Malkin (8.7), Crosby (8.7), Perry (8.6), Staal (8.2), Getzlaf (8.2). Getzlaf and Perry were signed last year (after the lockout) which is why I went top six cap hits. No way should Toews or Kane be getting over 8.5mil average cap hit in my opinion. Cap is going up, and it should continue to climb, which is great but no way should Toews/Kane get double digits.

Yeah, I looked at the wrong page on CapGeek. I was looking at the top salaries page, not the top cap hits. There are many players making double digit millions this season, but those salaries go down a bit near the end of the deals. So, I think HawkWriter is right ... probably somewhere in the $8 million AAV range.

 

[HawkWriter]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=438692

McKenzie actually briefly touched on Toews/Kane.

Q: With the cap going over $71 million and climbing even higher, what does this mean to P.K. Subban and his contract talks?

LeBrun: It could mean a lot. In many ways, he could be the poster child for young, star free agents and future negotiations. For guys like Alex Pietrangelo and Erik Karlsson, they signed long term deals because they were looking for security and didn't know where the salary cap was headed. Well, P.K. Subban and his advisors from Newport Sports know where it's going and it's going way up, so the debate for Subban is, do I sign an eight-year deal like a lot of people are expecting me to, but then, the salary cap might be at $100 million by the end of the eight-year deal, maybe I'm better off taking a shorter term deal, three or four years. Of course, the Montreal Canadiens will be looking for some long-term security themselves, so a big decision for Subban because the cap is going way up.

McKenzie: The players and agents are wondering who's going to be the guy who breaks the bank; who's going to be the guy who gets closer to the 20 per cent maximum salary that's allowed. If the salary cap is $75 million or $80 million in a couple of years, that's potentially $15-16 million a year. What player might command that kind of money? Well, let's have a look at the guys who are coming up to unrestricted free agency. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane have a year left on their deals after this year. They can start negotiating in the summer. You can easily justify doubling your current $6.3 million salary if you're Toews or Kane. Steven Stamkos, a free agent in 2016, could he be the guy who breaks the bank? We saw the redefining of the goaltender market last week when Henrik Lundqvist brought the maximum goaltender salary from $7 million to $8.5 million. Agents and players believe it's only a matter of time until some star player gets $12, $13 million or $14 million under this new salary cap environment.