Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio Morning Skate with Gord Stellick and Scott Laughlin. He was requested concerning the upcoming free agent class and whether or not the ceiling for the highest gamers within the NHL may very well be pushed even larger.
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Gord Stellick: “I need to get again to on the ice, however what I’m actually getting a vibe that I imply, pre-salary cap, earlier than 2005, Bob Goodenow was large, that in the event you had been an unrestricted free agent, you owed it to your brethren to go the place there was prime greenback. And so gamers may need to keep someplace, however they went. However now the cap is a finite quantity, however I’m actually getting a vibe, whether or not it’s (Mitch) Marner, whether or not it’s Sam Bennett, whether or not it’s (Vladislav) Gavrikov like, no matter it could be, are you getting that?
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Is that vibe on the market? There’s a way that this may very well be a 12 months, I don’t know if the (Mikko) Rantanen factor is what set it in movement. I don’t know, however these gamers, as a result of hockey gamers go oh gee darn will keep house, take a hometown low cost, need to be there. However these sort of gamers could also be vulnerable to being extra on the transfer than individuals suppose. What’s your take?”
Elliotte Friedman: “It’s a great query. I feel that, like, I’m with you on the wage cap. Some individuals say you must take prime greenback. It’s a must to take prime greenback. And my level is, do what you need. However I perceive the {dollars} are finite. It’s a 50/50, break up, and each greenback you’re taking ought to take $1 away from another person. And that’s true. So I feel individuals ought to make their very own choices. However it’s not like pushing the road and pushing the road and pushing the road comes with out penalties to different gamers.
That each one mentioned that each one mentioned, I undoubtedly really feel Gordie that a number of the star gamers, or a number of the prime gamers get pressured to push the road, transfer the road, transfer the road. And we’ve seen it during the last short time, you already know? I imply, clearly, (Connor) McDavid was at 12.5. (Nathan) MacKinnon went over that. (Auston) Matthews went over that. And we’ll see the place we find yourself right here with a few of these different gamers.
However one of many issues, it’s humorous, you talked about this, as a result of I used to be speaking about this a few days in the past with somebody, and it was an agent that mentioned to me, one of many causes that a few of these guys are so nice is that they’re aggressive, proper? And so they need to be the very best participant. And for a few of these gamers, desirous to be the very best participant additionally implies that they’re on the prime of the earnings chart. It’s one other method of rating your self.
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I feel I’m the very best, so I ought to earn probably the most. Now, not all people is wired like that. You’ll keep in mind final time McDavid when he signed his contract, it was initially alleged to be 13.33 is the AAV, after which he dialed it again. So not all people is wired that method, however a few of these guys completely are wired that method, and it’s a part of the competitors.”
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