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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
But his contract is just downright nasty.
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He'll be 33 to start the last year of his contract. Injuries are always an issue with long-term contracts but he hasn't missed a game in 5 years.
I still think there's a disconnect where people are erroneously comparing contracts between the old contracts and the ones signed after cap-circumvention was prevented. Bobby Ryan, who scored 23 and 18 goals the last 2 years and can't spell intensity, is going to be making 7M+ for the next 7 years. Their contracts end the same year, and Bobby Ryan is older than Kessel.
10M will be the norm for the elite talents in their primes. 80% for the second tier players is reasonable. Given his goal scoring ability, I don't think it's wrong to put Kessel in that second tier.
The main reason I wouldn't want Kessel is the assets it would require to get him. He's not going to be given away free and the names that it would require are not names I think should be moved.