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Originally Posted by DaFace
That's a big number, but it's hard to argue he's not worth it. Hopefully between EJ's salary going away after this season and the cap recovering soon, this will be a really nice contract down the road.
Crazy to think that we now have Landy, Nichushkin, MacKinnon, and Makar all locked up through at least 2027.
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I'd love to see candid interviews with players like Kane and Toews, McDavid, MacKinnon, etc; on that entire process. I'm sure some players heavily weight salary over anything, while others don't want their team to tank because they can't sign any depth players... and then agents are in their ear telling them the salary cap will go up and it's the GM's job. And then how transparent are GMs in telling stars they aren't miracle workers.
You absolutely sign those guys, of course, and they're in a great spot for the next few years... while at the same time being right up there with the Oilers, Leafs, TB, for percentage of the cap dedicated to a few players (well, not quite the Leafs with 3 $10mm guys).
Great that it's done and not a thing to discuss for the next year.