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Originally Posted by Matty81
I'm actually curious. Who is a comparable player who got 8 mil a year for a long term contract with 5 RFA years? Tarasenko got 7.5 and he only had 4 RFA years.
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Man, that's really specific. Hold on a moment.
Edit: Evgeni Malkin, back in 2009, signed a five-year deal at age 22 -- heading into his age 23 season, same as Gaudreau -- which took up 5 RFA years. Malkin was obviously better than Gaudreau for their respective ages -- Geno was coming off a 112-point season, and was more proven (Stanley Cup, Art Ross, Conn Smythe, etc...) -- but it's the closest non-Tarasenko deal I can find for your exact criteria. Was for $8.7 million a season under a $58.6 million cap.