The Colorado Avalanche are heading down a familiar path with Martin Necas this season. The Avalanche have a star winger who’s in the final year of his current contract. He remains unsigned and doesn’t look like he will in the near future.
This star winger could command a substantial deal and risks blowing past Nathan MacKinnon’s $12.6 million AAV.
That situation is eerily familiar to the situation the Avs were in last season with Mikko Rantanen. Now, the script is similar, but the main character is Martin Necas.
The situation is gradually capturing the attention of insiders.