Which UFAs can significantly impact the dollar figures and term on their next deals depending on what they do – or...
Think recency bias matters when it comes to contracts for unrestricted free agents? Just ask Nick Paul.
The burly checking center had delivered a piddly 29 goals across 227 games with the Ottawa Senators by winter 2022. But the Tampa Bay Lightning saw the potential. He moved well for a man his size. He was physical. He killed penalties. They bought low at the trade deadline, getting him for Mathieu Joseph and a fourth-round pick.
We all know what happened after that. Paul was an X-Factor for the Bolts in the 2022 postseason. He scored two goals in Tampa’s Game 7 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was crucial on the penalty kill as Tampa crusaded to a third straight Stanley cup Final. He also happened to be a pending UFA at the time. The Lightning had found their new third-line center, and they rewarded Paul with a seven-year deal at a $3.15 million AAV after the season.
It’s thus safe to say the pending UFAs competing in the 2023 playoffs have plenty on the line and that many can change their respective fates with their performances in the coming days and weeks.Ian Barbashev, Vegas Golden KnightsThat he’s a viable top-six NHL forward. He looked the part during his 26-goal breakout in 2021-22 but sagged with the entire St. Louis Bues team this season, eventually dealt straight up for prospect Zach Dean.
That he can be part of Vegas’ long-term plans in net OR worthy of a platoon on another NHL team. Brossoit missed most of 2022-23 due to injury but, with Logan Thompson and Adin Hill hurt and Jonathan Quick struggling, Brossoit got his opportunity down the stretch and helped carry Vegas to a division title, going 5-0-0 with a .946 save percentage in April. Thompson is Vegas’ only NHL goalie signed through next season.
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