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Originally Posted by dammage79
6 years just a tick below 7m for Gaudreau is my guess. I cannot fathom one cent over 7.5m a year.
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It's the cost associated with being a top 7 scorer two seasons into your career.
We have a legitimately elite player, weird, no?
They get paid.
8 Years, 8M per.
To frame it better:
Jarome Iginla, 2005/2006: 7M Salary - 17.9% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2006/2007: 7M Salary - 15.9% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2007/2008: 7M Salary - 13.9% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2008/2009: 7M Salary - 12.3% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2009/2010: 7M Salary - 12.3% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2010/2011: 7M Salary - 11.8% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2011/2012: 7M Salary - 10.9% of the salary cap.
Jarome Iginla, 2012/2013: 7M Salary - 9.97% of the salary cap.
Gaudreau, 2016/2017: 8M Salary, 10.95% of the salary cap.
The salary cap may be flat for some time going forward, but it's hard to imagine it falling. We have the opportunity to lock up an elite, ELITE, forward for all of his prime years...for 10.95% of the salary cap? Don't hesitate, sign it.