Shayna Goldman and The Athletic project Matty Beniers’ market value in the $12m range over the next 7 years, a cap hit of 14%. They project an actual long term contract (based on comps) to be in the ~$9m range, or 10% of the cap.
A bridge deal is always a possibility, but the Kraken will be motivated to lock Beniers down long term.
by juanthebaker
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And he will get it. And he is worth every penny
He’s going to have to step up his production to get that kind of money. He’s still only 20, so it will be interesting to see how he does this season. Hopefully he’s gets closer to a ppg.
I’ve said this before, but a big comp for Beneris should be Jack Hughes who signed a $8Mx8 (9.82% of cap) contract in November of his final ELC year. https://www.capfriendly.com/players/jack-hughes
Hughes had a slower start than Beniers with just 21 points in his rookie Covid-shortened 2019-20 season, but he absolutely exploded offensively this past season (year 1 of the new contract) with 43 goals and 99 points. That contract looks like one of the best in the entire league right now along with Cale Markar’s $9Mx6 (11.04% of cap) signed in July 2021.
Beniers likely does not have the offensive calling Hughes has, but is probably a much better defensive player than him. Also, Hughes’ extension was signed during the middle of the post-Covid flat cap era that we’re finally getting out of starting in the 2024-25 season.
I think Beneris’ camp will be fully justified in asking at least 10% of the 2024-25 cap, which would be $8.75M AAV. But the cap takes another big jump in 2 years where 10% would be $9.2M, so something around $9M feels right as Goldman predicted. If Beniers can score 30+ goals this season and add on another 40-50 assists, he’s going to be well positioned to break the bank open.
You scared me at first with the $12M number. Happy to give Matty 8x$9M though