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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
While I would heavily disagree with that comparison, I mean I think there's a pretty more obvious player on the Hawks to compare him too, even if you do think he's Hossa quality his contract isn't out of line.
Hossa is 36, the same age Kopitar would be when the rumoured contract expires. Hossa made 7.9M each year for the last 7 years. Hossa's contract began when the salary cap was 56.8M. Hossa was paid, in terms of real money (the thing players actually care about), 14% of the cap when his contract kicked in until he was 36.
Kopitar's rumoured contract would be roughly 13% of the cap when it firsts kicks in until he is 36.
Don't get fooled by the retirement years that skewed the actual pay of players and cap-hits. I'm sure if the Kings could, they would love to add on 15 years at 1M to reduce the cap hit, but they can't anymore.
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Fair enough from the player standpoint of maximizing their earnings (and I certainly don't begrudge a player trying to get as much as the market allows) but from a fan and team management point-of-view working within the restraints of the cap, I don't think he's worth a $9.75 million cap hit even next season, let alone seven years from now.
I understand the comparison to Toews given the stats and two-way play but I think Toews has a greater ability to turn it up offensively if needed.