From The Silky Mitten State: An investigation into the ideal structure for Moritz Seider's next contract
From The Silky Mitten State: An investigation into the ideal structure for Moritz Seider's next contract
The Red Wings' summer business and road to the 2025 postseason (and beyond) will swing primarily on the new contracts Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond sign as restricted free agents.
Yesterday, we discussed the particular contours of Raymond's contract, so now let's focus on Seider's. As a refresher, at his end-of-year press conference, GM Steve Yzerman offered the following with respect to RFA negotiations as young players graduate from their entry-level deals:
“The term and the dollars have got to work for both parties. You have to pay a player enough that he's willing to lock up long (term and) give you eight years. But also it can be dangerous if you're paying an extreme premium for potential because a lot of times it can be difficult. If you don't have a cap issue or any concerns then you don't need to worry about them as much, but those deals make you have cap issues as well. So again, I'm certainly open to it but the term, the dollar amount has got to work for both parties. And that can be a challenge.”
At his exit interview, Seider made clear that he has every intention of re-upping with the Red Wings rather than pursuing his external options via an offer sheet, saying "It's not a big secret: I want to be a Red Wing. I think I'm also confident enough that I could be a good asset for this organization, and that really matters for me. And I think then you can talk as long as you want about numbers and lengths and how long the contract could be, but those two first parts fit well—and they do—then I'm pretty confident we've got something done.”
On the most recent episode of The Silky Mitten State, my co-host Connor Earegood and I discussed the pros and cons of a short-term (i.e. 'bridge') deal versus a seven- or eight-year extension, eventually arriving at the conclusion that the certainty of locking a young star in to that long-term deal outweighs the potential benefit of reducing his cap figure in the short-term via a two- or three-year extension.
You can see a sample of our conversation in the video above. For the full episode, check out Apple Podcasts or Spotify:
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