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Originally Posted by MattyC
I'm not arguing that Gaudreau should make $8.5 million dollars. I'm saying the Gio cap would be a stupid way for a GM to handcuff themselves needlessly.
The argument could be made that Brodie, at the time of signing his deal, was not better than Gio. If he had signed the deal the next year it would look quite a bit different IMO.
It's not a good comparison. Forwards tend to make more money, regardless of who's more important.
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It's not needless, and if they get the player for less than $6.75, then the brass balls of one Brad Treliving need to be respected.
Nathan MacKinnon just signed a 7x$6.3 deal. I don't think the argument can be made that Gaudreau for sure is going to be the better player over the next seven years. I would say he probably is, but it's certainly not a slam dunk. Especially considering MacKinnon is three years younger and put up Gaudreau's rookie numbers in his draft year.
Johnny's coming off an impressive season, his rookie year was excellent, and he's a little older than Mack. That's worth a premium. But it's in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, not millions.
Hearing this segment, I'm convinced there's no way Gaudreau gets more than $6.75.