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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
To be accurate, Gaudreau's contract (for example) kicked in after he finished the college season while Jankowski signed an AHL deal to finish out the year and the NHL contract for the following year. Which is likely just one players leverage vs another, but yeah, Jankowski might have insisted that first year got burned as a condition of signing.
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Just for fun, had the first year of Johnny's ELC not get burned and he was a restricted FA after the 16-17 season, what do you think he would have signed for? Even after a down year, I would say at least 5 years at $6.75M/year?
Using that since that is what's left on his current contract.