Nik the Trik said:princedpw said:But he does makes some useful points and provides a selection of players to compare with so one can make up one?s own mind. I note that rather than taking the # of points on the whole ELC, Mirtle suggests more emphasis be placed on the contract year. That makes sense to me as these young players improve in leaps and bounds. For that reason, one might also quibble with MacKinnon as a comparable as he was roughly 2 years younger than Nylander on his ELC. In addition, pro-rating Nylander?s first half-season in the NHL (when he was honing his skills in the AHL, perhaps because he would have been less effective than in the NHL) also seems to give him a significant benefit of the doubt.
Or, conversely, it's giving Nylander credit for some of the experience he missed out on because the team held him out of the NHL despite him being ready as they tanked.
Look, I'm not going to read the article but I'm sure Mirtle knows his stuff. He's a professional nerd while I'm just a dedicated amateur. My point has always been that the idea of a "reasonable" ask is pretty varied as there's a lot of data and lots of ways to interpret it. I think you can make a reasonable case for all manner of numbers here. Nylander's making his, which I'm sure he's got a decent argument for, and Dubas is making his. Hopefully they meet somewhere amicably.
I think we agree.