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Originally Posted by Robbob
You do 2 years. 3.5M and 7.5M for 5.5 AAV. Compensation is 1st and 3rd. You can bring that AAV up to 6 and still have it at 1st and a 3rd. He now needs to be qualified at 7.5.
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Well, first of all that's not a valid contract.
And if it was, that's easily matched by Toronto, if only to trade him at the end of the contract. And why would Nylander sign it?
O'Reilly was a special case because of the lockout and bonus structure meant he was paid nearly the entirety of his "two year" contract despite playing only a year and a half making it much more lucrative. And more importantly it brought him to within two years of UFA and arbitration eligible. There was a lot of poison there, and it was still signed.
As for a valid 5.5 AAV, it would need to be 3.66666M and 7.333333M. Toronto then could take Nylander to arbitration for 85% of 7.33M or roughly 6.2M...assuming he wasn't worth more than that anyways, and without fear of UFA.