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Originally Posted by Textcritic
On a long term deal I absolutely think that McDavid will expect that much. Don't forget that Crosby's deal which accounted for 17% of the salary cap at the time was also only a five year deal. If the Oilers sign McDavid for 6, 7 or 8 years the dollar value and cap hit are both going to be massive.
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It wasn't so long ago Johnny Gaudreau was going to get $8.25+ on an eight year deal.
Three players have cap hits over $10M. Between those three players, they have eight Stanley Cups.
Maybe he gets Ovechkin money - $9.5 x 8 years.
The cap is projected to be around $76M next year - I just don't see how you can pay an RFA $10M+ a season. I don't care who it is. Nobody's that good, and it hurts your team. That extra two or three million can be two rental players at the deadline - if you value winning, you can't sign a $10+ deal at 21.
Toews, Kopitar and Kane all won multiple times before they got their double digit salaries. Yet Edmonton should just pay McDavid because McDavid?
Let's put it this way. A good organization doesn't pay 21 year old McDavid 10 plus a year. So the Oilers probably will.