Pavel Zacha #1 - Denied

[JetsGM (Jacob)]

2020/2021 - 1.27 fppg | 50GP | TIER 2
2019/2020 - 0.74 fppg | 65GP | DEPTH
2018/2019 - 0.84 fppg | 61GP | TIER 3
2017/2018 - 0.61 fppg | 69GP | DEPTH

Offer: 2 years @ 3,000,000

Career year on the back of a career SH% year and a bump in PP time. No year over 1 fppg before this shortened season, so attempting to move down a tier on a bridge deal.

[Arizona GM - Jeremy]

I think with Zach's age, his upwards trend should negate the years in a lower tier. As such I think this offer is a bit low.

I'd approve 1 x 3M or 2 x 3.5M

[Arizona GM - Jeremy]

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[Devils GM(Colin)]

3.5 min for me. Could go a little lower on a 1 yr prove it deal

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[JetsGM (Jacob)]

It would be 3x4 and 4x4.25 if I wanted to go LT and avoid bridge, or i have to go up a range even further?

Or 250K increments beyond 2 years? (3.75/4)?

[Patrick - NYR]

1-2 yea I think this is totally fine.

1. Contract is correctly offered using the steps in the rules.
2. This is a bridge for a young player that had a career year on a terrible Devils team. Hischier will be back from injury, therefore I don't see Zacha playing in a top 6 role.

There's enough risk here. If you want to argue for 1 year, fine - but I don't see why this isn't approvable.

[CarolinaHurricanesGM]

1-3

While Zacha parlayed some perhaps unsustainable stats, he is a young player with prospect pedigree, so this isn't something totally unexpected. Think if you want 1x3, thats good, but even for two years, 3.5M is my mark

[Devils GM(Colin)]

Aug 6, 2021 17:13:25 GMT -5 JetsGM (Jacob) said:

It would be 3x4 and 4x4.25 if I wanted to go LT and avoid bridge, or i have to go up a range even further?

Or 250K increments beyond 2 years? (3.75/4)?

I'd say 4 for 3 and 4.5 for 4... I know it seems ridiculous but that's quite the jump and the team around him is only going to get better