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Originally Posted by stemit14
They were discussing on Fan960 today how broken the system of entry level contracts has become because the young guys are getting such huge contracts so early on. It will probably be a sticking point for the next CBA.
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The only issue is the lack of bridge contracts. But Ovechkin's second contract was 16.82% of the cap. McDavid's second contract was 16.67% of the cap.
Kane and Toew's 5 year second contract's would be worth the equivalent of 8.8M today.
Even when Kessel held out against Boston after his 60 point season he got the equivalent of a 5 year 7.6M contract.
There's really not all that much difference, except that the cap has raised. And that term limits and other rules have stopped artificially low cap hits.