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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Both are 23 year old left shooting left wingers. Yes, Gaudreau is significantly better than Huberdeau, but a $6 million AAV seems like a lot to me for a player who has never broken 60 points. And we want Gaudreau on a longer contract. It's just another proverbial contract of reference.
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Very different deals though.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but 6yr deals for each player will buy...
Huberdeau
2 x RFA
4 x UFA
Gaudreau
5 x RFA
1 x UFA
Considering the above, Huberdeau's contract
should look inflated versus Gaudreau's, should Johnny also sign a 6yr. Florida is having to buy expensive UFA years for the majority of the contract, whereas Calgary would only be paying UFA dollars on the last year.