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Originally Posted by Gaskal
His camp is almost certain to use the Marchand contract as an example. Marchand signed at $6.125 x 8 years.
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I mean, I think the value is certainly ballpark, but the contract situation itself is not really comparable. Giving up UFA years is a huge increase for those years, however Marchand's contract is a retirement contract that goes until he's 37 so the added years bring down his cap. And then there's the NMC he gets which would have changed the negotiations. They really are completely different contract negotiations.