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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Toews and Kane's twin second contracts signed in 2009, when Toews and Kane were coming off career high 70 point seasons were 11% of the cap. They had yet to win the Stanley Cup and were not in the top 40 in scoring the previous year.
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Percentage of the cap didn't mean as much back then, the true superstars on cup contenders made the money, Lecavalier($10m) Crosby($9) Malkin($9) Ovechkin($9)..etc. the rest got scraps.
Toews and Kane's 2nd contracts were signed mid way thru the 09-10 season, they both got off to a great starts and the team was in first place. they finished with 88 points(Kane-9th) and 76 points (Toews 35th) Not only did the eye test show these two drove the team after winning the cup it proved a great move locking them up for $6.3 a few months before the cup win.
Maybe it's just me being biased but the eye test on Draisaitl is such that he should hand McDavid half of his salary. He's truly a 50 point player on his own.