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Originally Posted by Locke
What is the Max Salary these days? I presume nobody makes it.
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20% of the cap when the contract is signed (both the cap hit and any single year's salary must be under 20% of the cap), so $14.6 million this season.
Weber's contract was pretty close to the upper limit when it was signed. Prior to the lockout, in the summer of 2012, the working cap was $70.2 million. Weber's contract paid him $14 million in the first 4 seasons (even though the structure of the contract kept the cap hit lower).
This season, Kane & Toews are both paid the maximum that was allowed at the time they signed their contracts. They get paid less as they get closer to 35 to keep their cap hits down.
Because his next contract will run through what should be his prime years, it's tough to imagine McDavid giving the Oilers a discount, especially if he wins some league hardware this year.