What does a contract extension for Snuggeruud look like before next year?
This is totally out of concern/fear given what's happening to the RFA market this off-season. Jimmy is a top line forward with great ability and I want him with Robert Thomas and Dylan Holloway for a while. More than that, I don't want him to test the RFA market next year just so we can find ourselves in a position where a conference rival gives him a huge offer and puts us in a similar predicament to the Ducks right now.
Is a fair comparison the Jason Robertson deal he signed with Dallas at $7.75M for 4 years? I think that started in 2022-23 when the cap was $82.5M which would have made his first year cap hit 9.4% of the cap that season. Robertson was coming off a 79 points on 74 games season when he signed that (previous season was 45 points on 51 games).
Jimmy just produced 51 points in 70 games. Might a similar season or a more productive one that follows the trajectory of a player like Jason Robertson's start could warrant a 4 year deal with a 9.4% cap hit. If yes, then let's consider that in dollar terms. The cap is projected to go up to $113.5M in 2027-28. A 9.4% cap hit would mean an AAV of $10.67M for a contract. It's hard for me to look at that number and say yea that's a good price, but maybe I just haven't adapted to the cap going up so much.
Obviously the Robertson comparison is just one comparison and maybe not even the most fair one. A better one might be Logan Cooley getting $10Mx8yrs in Utah after his first 3 years last season. But even if it's only somewhat close, the Blues might want to consider that extension sooner than later before some other team goes crazy and forces us to pay an even more outrageous number.
TLDR; slow day during the off season