Luke Hughes is a prime precedence for the New Jersey Devils, however he stays and not using a deal
Bleacher Report Youtube: Frank Seravalli on New Jersey Devils restricted free agent defenseman Luke Hughes. What might his subsequent contract appear to be?
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“We’ll begin off with Luke Hughes. And we heard Tom Fitzgerald, the New Jersey Devils Normal Supervisor, say proper as free company was wrapping up that he had no greater off season precedence than getting Luke Hughes signed to a brand new deal.
Once more, mid August, no deal has materialized but. And I really feel like this may be a bit bit extra of a troublesome one, as a result of together with his brother, in primary total choose, Jack Hughes, popping out of entry stage, he signed that eight-year deal in comparatively fast vogue. And I believe on the time, the safety is all the time huge. However to now have a look at Jack Hughes and see, with a 100-point season beneath his belt, how a lot that contract is underpaying him. Possibly Luke Hughes, on the again finish, is incentivized to take a little bit of a shorter-term deal, or maybe a midterm deal.
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And these contracts that you just see on the display screen, listed here are projections from our mates at AFP Analytics, who’ve been spot on with a ton of contract evaluations and the marketplace for the previous few years now.
They’re placing Luke Hughes at six years instances $8.4 million. Does that appear excellent? Too excessive? too low? Is it truthful? I’d say at first look, this appears to be kind of proper inside that wheelhouse. It’s actually going to really feel costly for the New Jersey Devils, however they’re going to must determine it out, and so they’re going to must get these guys locked up.
I believe the one large factor that the Devils have going for them is a few leverage. They’ve bought a man who is clearly in all probability fairly completely satisfied taking part in together with his brother in New Jersey. For a crew that, beneath Shelton Keith, had a tricky season final yr, however I believe has the makings to be an enormous bounce again crew this upcoming season. He’s going to be an enormous a part of that, and a reasonably younger again finish to start out.
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So, I like the place New Jersey is heading. I believe getting Luke Hughes signed goes to be completely vital, and we’re going to must see the place that quantity is available in at. I might additionally see that deal coming in a couple of years, lower than six.”
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