Sekeres and Worth: Frank Seravalli on with Matt Sekeres and Blake Worth speaking about pending RFA defenseman Filip Hronek and the way the Vancouver Canucks might not need to go to wage arbitration with him this offseason and the notion that he can’t earn more money than Quinn Hughes.
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Seravalli: “I feel the comparability I made was a Corvette and a Prius. These usually are not the 2 similar issues. And by that, I imply not evaluating the fashion of gamers, however an RFA deal and a UFA deal are two completely several types of contracts within the NHL.
Sekeres: “Proper. Proper. And naturally, Quinn Hughes was nowhere close to unrestricted free company. He was purely an RFA when the Canucks re-signed him to $7.85 (million per season).
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Filip Hronek is one 12 months away from unrestricted free company the place he can be one of many rarest birds in UFA. You nearly by no means get a younger right-shot two-way, all conditions defenseman hit unrestricted free company. Through which case bonanza, proper?
What I’m fascinated with is, you suppose he’s a seven and a half one million greenback man in arbitration …”
Seravali: “Yeah.”
Sekeres: “… this 12 months if it will get that. What are the comparables there, Frank? You recognize, what, what brings us to that quantity in arbitration.
Seravalli: “Counting stats. 35 even-strength factors. 45 factors total. 24 minutes at night time. I imply, then return and measurement up the market and have a look at the offers which were signed. I imply, he squarely suits proper in that vary. I imply, it’s, it’s a little question, don’t lose any sleep. That is what the arbitrator is coming again with.
Right here’s the issue for the Canucks is they’ll’t go down the arbitration path. It’s not all actually all that completely different than Pettersson within the sense that okay, you stroll him to ARB, which walks him to UFA, you bought to commerce him earlier than the season begins since you don’t need to be going into the season saying, ‘Man, we actually have to recoup belongings for this man who’s such an enormous a part of our group. However we have been attempting to make the playoffs and win the Stanley Cup.’
So there’s a timeline to this and it’s, it’s actually earlier than a participant can file for ARB. That’s the deadline. That’s the similarity with Pettersson. And I feel thus far, to be truthful, like I’m not presenting it as something aside from, it’s been completely established order. Every thing’s on good phrases. To my information, I feel the conversations have been preliminary and the Canucks know they should get to work on this file, however I, no less than except one thing adjustments, I don’t suppose it’s going to occur between now and the top of at any time when the Canucks are enjoying.
Worth: “Is there too many sunk prices right here? I imply, is it a fait accompli that they must signal this participant? That they won’t commerce him for an additional participant below contract saying ‘Okay, we simply can’t afford it in our cap scenario.’ Or once more, they simply meant a lot that they don’t need to cope with a PR catastrophe or, or anything.”
Seravalli: “I don’t, I don’t suppose it’s a fait accompli in any respect. I imply, I might say that completely different groups have completely different traces that they need to draw on the sand. If the Canucks need to stand on precept and say that is our cap construction, Quinn Hughes is our greatest defenseman and nobody is making any greater than him. Effectively, that’s tremendous. It’s simply that somebody, like as talked about with the ARB case, if that’s the ARB this 12 months, why would you are taking lower than that …”
Worth: “Going ahead.”
Seravalli: “… and signal an eight-year deal when the caps going up.”
Worth: “Proper.”
Serevalli: “Prefer it is not sensible from the participant’s perspective. And so I feel the opposite a part of what you begin to get into after that’s the Canucks can be in a very robust spot attempting to commerce him as a result of then you’ve gotten a man that’s already finished all the heavy lifting to get near free company. All he has to do is elevate his hand and say, ‘I’m not partaking in any negotiate, negotiation with any group in the event you require me and I’m going to market.’
All that does is completely plummet the return that the Canucks may get. They’re dealing most likely in 50 cents on the greenback and what they have been , in what they gave up a primary and a second.
And greater than that, I feel there’s actual danger for the Canucks, and admittedly if we’re being truthful, there’s danger for each events right here in that he’s been such an incredible match with Quinn Hughes, and a no upkeep sort participant. It’s a danger for them to then must exit and discover one other right-shot man who clearly suits. However it’s additionally some danger for him and that wherever he goes, yeah, he would possibly receives a commission, he would possibly make the cash, however he may not discover a match the place he’s as vital and precious and productive someplace else.
So there’s some mutual, I don’t what do they name it the unhealthy concept – Mutual Assured Destruction.”
Serekes: “Destruction. Yeah.”
Sereavalli: “There’s, there’s a wholesome little bit of that, I feel, on the whole with this transferring ahead.”