Ilya already rejected 12 years 100+ million. The only way to lock him up before free agency is to offer him a max contract 11 mil a season for 8-10 years. There is no benefit to trying to lock him up now, just hope that he has a good experience and you can get a slight (notice I said slight) discount in the bidding war, or at least last match rights in the bidding.
To be honest, I think she looks like her age might be 5 to 7 years shy of her jersey number in that shot.
Actually the youngest she could be is 20, that was her age the devils switched to the old red and black jerey's, gotta just love that horrible late 80's/early 90's hair and makeup.
Are we making a run for Saku Koivu? I can't believe I only just found this board, so many wasted years...lol