This won't get it done. He's a 1st line C in CLB. Forgot about that? Perhaps in your perfect world he'd sign for so low I'd give $5.5M for 5-6 years.
- Barnaby36

sather got stepan to sign a bridge deal worth under 3.5M a year. he's our 1st line center and came off a better season than johansen.

Your right , but if the term is 2 years then Jarmo can go full retard on give him say oh 12 mil for 2 years, if he doesn't pan out then we only have one more year of his ridiculous salary to endure.
- Alexzanki

You will have to qualify him at 10% more than the salary in the final year of that contract. So if he doesnt pan out, you still have to pay him over 6M on his next deal or let him walk as a ufa.

He was part of Ottawa from 1999 to 2002. In that time these are the players Ottawa Drafted that made the NHL:
Marion Hossa, Martin Havlat, Anton Volchenkov, Antoine Vermette, Jason Spezza Tim Gleason, Ray Emery, Brandon Bochenski, Chris Kelly, Greg Zanon and Brooks Laich.

That was 11 out of 41. 27% Made it to the NHL
Out of that 11 how many are top tier players? Answer 2: Hossa and Spezza
2 out of 41 were stars. 0.04%. Take that and multiply that by 4 years and you are still under 1% meaning there is less than 1% chance that he will draft a star in 4 years

In St.Louis he was there for 8 years. Players drafted between then that made the NHL:
David Backes, Lee Stemniak, Carl Soderberg, Nikita Nikitin, Roman Polak, Ryan Reaves, Ben Bishop, T.J Oshie, Eric Johnson, Patrick Berglund, Reto Berra, Ian Cole, Lars Eller, David Perron, Jake Allen, Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz and David Runblad.
20 out of 78 = 25% made it to the NHL
6 out of 78 are considered stars and that is generous as I included Schwartz, Johnson. = 0.08%

Again under 1% chance you draft a star within 4 years. It took St.Louis 8 years to get to where they are now. Without Johansson the Jackets fall way behind schedule.
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Do the math for pitt and chicago drafting stars. Or the oilers.

Also 2 out of 41 is 4% (its actually over 4.8% so really 5% if you're rounding) not .04%.

6 out of 78 is 7.69% or 8% if you're rounding up.

Do the math for pitt and chicago drafting stars. Or the oilers.

Also 2 out of 41 is 4% (its actually over 4.8% so really 5% if you're rounding) not .04%.

6 out of 78 is 7.69% or 8% if you're rounding up.
- rangerdanger94

Damn forgot to move my decimal place

Johanson isn't a superstar....yet, the jury is still out on him, worst case scenario , they do trade him , it's not like the cbj will be getting a bag of pucks in return.
- Alexzanki

C'mon guy got over 30 goals last season. I severely doubt it was a fluke but if that is the case then Columbus is a worse team than last season.

Damn forgot to move my decimal place

- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Pretty significant mistake

Pretty significant mistake
- rangerdanger94

Hey its been a couple of years. Just a little rusty