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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I think you have the risk wrong. The Flames are likely at risk of overpaying Monahan at the front end of this contract, not at the back half. He doesn't need to be "Crosby" in the last three years of this deal to justify it (not that 8.7 is even going to be what the elite UFAs make in 4 years, might be much higher). The whole point is to overpay for these players now so that their cap hits allow flexibility when they actually hit their prime to help compliment them.
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exactly.... overpay now so keep the cap hit lower in 5 years!! If they kept the price down now then Monahan would HAVE to be at a Crosby/Stamkos level in 4 years to actually get paid the 8.7 M for the last 3 years.
Right now the odds of Monahan being better than Crosby/Stamkos (ie 10M player) are a lot longer than him being a Lucic/Ladd/Cammalleri/Okopsos level player (6x6/7)