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Originally Posted by kingsfan
Be prepared for something along the lines of $6.9 million then.
Quick is a UFA to be and a Vezina finalist in a year where the other two Vezina finalists are making a cap hit of $6.8 and $7 million each (or about to in Rinne's case). Additionally, I can't imagine the backlash should we win the cup and then see Quick walk one year later. There will be immense pressure on AEG to keep the two faces of the cup run (Quick and Brown) long term and if we don't, it could cause a falling out. Quick holds far to many chips in this negotiation and it'll only get worse if he gets any/all of the Vezina, Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup. As a fan, I'd be ecstatic, but so will his agent.
I think people need to stop thinking "home town discount" so much and focus more on "what would his agent/Quick want/be able to get." I'm not sure what you think a hometown discount is, but even if the market value for Quick was $7 million, which the argument can be made for, and even if he took a 10% discount, that'd still be $6.3 million. And 10% is a big discount.
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I stil would like our starting tender to be less than 6mil.