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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I think the reason for the star salaries to star rising more quickly then before is due to elimination of super long term back diving contracts.
Crosby and Ovechkin set an artificially low cap benchmark by signing for 12 years each.
I think the fact that agents couldn't ask for more money than Crosby and Ovechkin for their clients, kept the high end of salaries beaten down for awhile.
Ovechkin signed his deal in 2008 and it took until 2014 for someone to move past him.
Now that "regular" elite guys have pushed past $10 million per season I think we will see a lot more of these contracts happening.
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Very good points, but what we're also seeing is the squeeze on the middle.
Teams are going to be very top-heavy and filling in holes with whatever is cheap and that all goes back to the Draft.