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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
But it's not $45M. He gets $41.77M
They inflated the stated salary for this year, so that he would still get $6.77M. That inflated number doesn't mean anything, other than being a conversation piece.
When he files his taxes, he won't be bragging that the number was pro-rated to $10M.
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We don't have the same amount of contract hold-outs that we use to have in the pre-cap days, but contracts have always been reported and compared on an annual basis on what they would have got paid if they played the entire year. It makes it easier to compare that way.
For example, let's say I accepted a 2.5-year term position with a company that paid me $100k/year starting in July. My salary is $100k/year, even though I only get $50k in the first year. The comparison is $100k/year, not $250k/3 for $83k/year.
Here's the link to capfriendly for a breakdown of the contract.
https://www.capfriendly.com/players/william-nylander