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Originally Posted by Frequitude
The cap has risen 23% since 2010 when Kane signed that contract ($59.4M to $73.0M) which means Kane's contract was pretty damn big for the time. Using your RFA/UFA assumptions and 23% cap inflation, it basically translates to RFA=$7.1M and UFA=$9.8M for an AAV of $7.7M.
We'd all be crapping our pants if Johnny signed 6x$7.7M!
Now you do qualify it with Johnny being less productive than Kane, but just want to point out that Kane's contract was mighty rich for a RFA.
edit: looks like I'm the third to reply with the same concept! And we all have somehow different numbers! I think it's because I just chose to anchor it off of the actual 10-11 salary cap which was Kane's contract's first year.
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You can't simply take a contract from a past era (things have changed a lot in a few short years), apply an inflation adjustment, and say presto!
The annual cap-inflation was much higher then (5 - 6% annually). It is basically zero right now.
When the cap is rising at 5-6% per year, paying someone 11% of the cap is not a big deal because that percentage plummets as inflation takes effect.
But if the cap is expected to rise only marginally, a contract eating up 11% of the cap would cripple a team.
Then there is the little detail that Kane had, you know, won a cup.