SIX years for Yanni Gourde

[skilles]

The cap is going up significantly over the next 3 years (and likely beyond). I suggest folks get prepared for an absolutely insane market reset. UFA prices will be sky high this summer.

It's going to make Thomas and Kyrou's contracts look like steals in the near future.

Given the future cap I'd rather lock up Holloway and Broberg earlier than later.

If their agents are worth a (bleep) you can bet they are already going to want contracts that take this into consideration.

[JoshInFenton]

FWIW i don't see the major issue with this deal. I think it's proof that the blues are going to likely have to pursue trade targets over UFA diving, even moreso because of how much cap they realistically will have to play with in order to sign a replacement to some of their defensive core here in the next 2 seasons and also gameplan a bit for some of the incoming RFA-to-be guys. I'm not expecting a massive move.

[stlblues1979]

The cap is going up significantly over the next 3 years (and likely beyond). I suggest folks get prepared for an absolutely insane market reset. UFA prices will be sky high this summer.

It's going to make Thomas and Kyrou's contracts look like steals in the near future.

Given the future cap I'd rather lock up Holloway and Broberg earlier than later.

Totally agree, especially with Holloway. If he is not signed before the end of this coming season & has another year like last year, it could cost the Blues a couple of million a year on a long term contract. If he has complete medical clearance this summer & looks good in camp & in pre-season, I offer him 8 years @ 7 million. Otherwise, you may be looking at 8 @ 9 million in next year's off-season.