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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Remember that the cap has gone up since Karlsson signed his deal, too. By about 7%. That means a $7M AAV now is comparable.
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Those long multi-year deals had future cap figures built in. If Subban signed a 7 year deal like Karlsson, a fair distribution would be a salary of under $7M salary this season and maybe the next, $7M in other years, and more than that in later years that would bring his cap hit down to Karlsson levels.
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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Another comparable is Keith... His contract is tough to compare, as it is a back-diving deal under the old CBA and Kieth was also 27 when it came into effect. So it would be all UFA years. The first 8 years of his deal have an AAV of just over $7.2M. Accounting for the cap increase since then, that would be about $8.4M today. So that would be the upper end of what Subban should expect IMO.
Quibbling over a few hundred thousand per season seems pretty silly with these numbers and terms being thrown around.
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Like you said, Keith's contract is tough to compare so he's not a comparable. Anyhow, you still need to manage the cap and we aren't talking about a few hundred thousand dollars per season here. We see that no matter how high the cap goes, good teams still run into cap trouble. There's a significant difference between paying Crosby and Malkin $18.2M combined and Chicago paying $21M combined for Toews and Kane.