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Honestly, it's only last season that Mantha would've had outscored Bert if they had played 80 games, and even then it would've only been by 16 points. The other season's they both were between 40 and 50 points. I don't see where Mantha should get significantly more than Bert. I say $4.5M and call it. Give him a year or two to prove he can consistently get 70+ points, then reward him. He'll be a UFA either way when the contract is over, whether it's 1 or 8 years. He'll be 27 this season. You can't give him the same 2.5% raise, that would net him over $8M, so between $4.5M and $5M for a year or two and let's see him earn the $6M to $8M (or more.) Just my opinion...

I didn't see much of the Seider game, but did catch the clip of him nearly getting clipped... Close call for sure. I think it's only a matter of time before some sort of neck protection is made mandatory, the same way they did with visors a few years back.

has anyone seen the Seider game yesterday? Just read that his neck was hit with a blade and just because of his neckguard he didn´t get cut. https://www.sport1.de/eishockey/2020/10/moritz-seider-nackenschutz-bewahrt-ihn-vor-schwerer-verletzung I watched Brome yesterday and the OT of Veleno´s game. Seider with an assist yesterday, as well as Veleno and Brome. Raymond and Johannson scored as you can see above...

I would say that an extra $1.5M per and an extra two years is "significantly more" in "Covid land times" though... Also, if Mantha signs a contract worth $5M, that is an absolute steal, and the longer the term, the better.

Nothing. Mantha should and likely will get significantly more money and term than Bertuzzi. He's a much more important player to the future of this team. Mantha is a legitimate top line winger, that can drive offense. Bertuzzi is a middle six complimentary winger, that needs help to produce offense.

I don't think you have to go all Mike Milbury on your players. I fairly confident Stevie handled this hearing just as classy as he does everything else. Just state your case. Show them the numbers that supports your claim. In arbitration you don't have to concern yourself about the future of the player as only 1 or 2 years can be rewarded. So any discussion about how the team views the player long term shouldn't take place at all. It's all about next year. (I don't know anything about baseball but that's an interesting read. Thanks.)