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Old 08-19-2017, 01:47 PM   #267
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814 View Post
Ovechkin, Kane, and Perry are wingers who make money like this.

This is what they get for doing McDavid's deal first. Once they gave McD 12.5, they handed Draisaitl at least an extra 1.5M.

Also, I'm starting to think ELCs are going to be a major battleground in the next CBA. The next agreement probably won't have 3-year deals - I'm thinking four at minimum. The owners will probably ask for five.
I've been thinking about this as well.

The membership of the PA is beginning to become more heavily polarized than it has in the past, its loading up at the top-end and the middle guys are really getting squeezed out.

I dont doubt the owners are going to want to extend ELCs to effectively cover the loss of the 'Middle Contract' but the players are undoubtedly going to push back with wanting the dollars on ELCs to go up. How much of a gap would we really be covering?
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