Three Hurricanes that Deserve a New Contract Now

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RALEIGH, NC – OCTOBER 29: Warren Foegele #13 of the Carolina Hurricanes is photographed during an NHL game against the Calgary Flames on October 29, 2019 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Warren Foegele

Status: 3 year ELC, RFA 1 July
Current Cap Hit: $746,667
Age: 23

Warren Foegele is criminally underrated this season. That is what happens when you are on a team of guys that includes Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov. You have to respect the grind he brings to the game day in and day out. In fact, with help from the aforementioned Svechnikov and Jordan Staal, Foegele is one of the best lines in the whole league:

But now his ELC is coming to a close. Warren Foegele will soon need to have a new contract. Now granted he is a RFA and they have until well into next season to secure him a new contract. But Why wait? Why not give him a reason to double down his focus and continue to grind and chip away helping guys like Staal and Svechnikov secure their position on the team?

So what would a new contract for Warren Foegele look like? Not much history to look back at with him. Perhaps a similar player on the team can help establish his value. I am talking of course of Brock McGinn, who signed last offseason before going into arbitration for $2,100,000 for two years. I can see Foegele getting something similar but for a little more value.

In fact I would say that a two year $2,500,000 deal is exactly the value the team needs to secure him at now and save themselves the trouble of going into the offseason with Foegele possibly applying for arbitration like McGinn did.

Considering his age and his high ceiling I can understand if that new contract came with an NMC or NTC. After all I would protect him during the upcoming Seattle Expansion Draft. He is a big part of this team moving forward and quite honestly, a big part of the success we see today.

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