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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Let's hope the Oilers pay him a bunch. This is the exact scenario you want if you're an Oilers hater. McDavid props a guy up to a career year, they pay him big bucks and then try to use him to prop up a different line and realize the mistake they've made.
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Oiler fans are banking on all of these players taking some kind of home town discount for the glory of playing in Edmonton and with McDavid.
Its unlikely that its going to happen. But if Maroon keeps popping 30 there's no way he's not cashing in for his final relevant payday. Even with a home town discount he's asking for 3.5 to 4 million dollars.
With McDavid there's no way that he doesn't become the top wage earner in the NHL at some point in that contract, and likely two years in, and I believe that's about 14 million. So even if they sign him to a deal to get him there over 8 years like
10 mill
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That puts him at a bit over 12.