Given that Charlie McAvoy is widely regarded as the future of the franchise on the blue-line, it’s fair to say he can command number one defensemen money coming into restricted free agency. Brandon Carlo is clearly destined for a role in the Boston Bruins top four for the foreseeable future but doesn’t exactly predict to be a number-one guy.
As such, finding a contract that balances his potential to be that perfect defensive defenseman that you want to be able to offset the offensively-minded guys, is a bit of a challenge. Even finding comparable contracts proves somewhat challenging.