Inside the High-Stakes Chess Match: Will Connor Bedard’s Next Deal Reshape the Ottawa Senators and Stuart Skinner’s Future?
Bedard could look for 12 to 15 percent of the salary, and it’s an eight-year deal, the Blackhawks may be okay with that, possibly if it’s for a shorter term. Coming out of his ELC, Auston Matthews took 14.27 percent, then 15.06 on his latest four-year deal. This is the last chance players can sign for eight years.
If they signed Bedard close to $20 million on a short, bridge deal, they still won’t be a cap team. Now, they will have some contracts coming up that he’ll need to sign over the next few years – defensemen Kevin Korchinski, Sam Rinzel and Artyom Levshunov, and forward Anton Frondell.
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