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Originally Posted by Weitz
There was no salary cap in those days. So you have rich teams throwing money at players that teams that couldn't afford so they know they couldn't match. Then they would be traded.
Again, I still think it will be an 8 year deal and then who knows after that. Could be traded, could be UFA, could re-sign.
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a. Cap or no, a UFA is a UFA. Yeah there's a limit to the amount of money you can throw at player, but max dollars in Edmonton v. max dollars in LA?
b. Why 8 years? That would be a huge concession on McDavid's part.