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Originally Posted by DionTheDman

The lower end of that cap hit would put him with:

Bouwmeester, Jay $5,400,000
Yandle, Keith $5,250,000
Wideman, Dennis $5,250,000
Streit, Mark $5,250,000
Bogosian, Zach $5,142,857
Martin, Paul $5,000,000
Edler, Alexander $5,000,000
Gonchar, Sergei $5,000,000
MacDonald, Andrew $5,000,000

Higher end would place him right at the top, but:

Weber, Shea $7,857,143
Suter, Ryan $7,538,462
Letang, Kris $7,250,000
Campbell, Brian $7,142,875
Doughty, Drew $7,000,000
Phaneuf, Dion $7,000,000

Based on that list, I would say he "should" be between $7–8 m. But because the arbitrator must select either one or the other submission, Subban is getting $8.5 m.

It's outrageous.