He's a Restricted Free Agent, and Columbus has until noon to get a deal done, or teams can start submitting offer sheets. They already said they're matching whatever comes in.
Bob McKenzie says that he was looking for a 6 year deal at around 6 to 6.5 per, and at 22 years old, Chicago was probably expecting a few teams to submit offers in that range, so they at least got something substantial for him, rather than a couple of picks.
Dano is a pretty good prospect, and has two more years at 900,000. I don't expect Anismov to hang around long, with his cap hit at something like 3.8.
Bickell's contract is hurting Chicago, I'm sure they'd have loved to keep Saad. That kid is already a star....and now the Rangers get to play against him 5 times a year. Wonderful.
Columbus was tough to play against at the end of last year, they just went through the roof with this deal.
Bob McKenzie says that he was looking for a 6 year deal at around 6 to 6.5 per, and at 22 years old, Chicago was probably expecting a few teams to submit offers in that range, so they at least got something substantial for him, rather than a couple of picks.
Dano is a pretty good prospect, and has two more years at 900,000. I don't expect Anismov to hang around long, with his cap hit at something like 3.8.
Bickell's contract is hurting Chicago, I'm sure they'd have loved to keep Saad. That kid is already a star....and now the Rangers get to play against him 5 times a year. Wonderful.
Columbus was tough to play against at the end of last year, they just went through the roof with this deal.