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Originally Posted by The Cobra
It would appear that Nylander will receive $41.77M over 5.67 years, or a yearly salary of about $7.3M. That's his cash dollars divided by the seasons he actually plays.
Now, Nylander is more interested in the cash he gets, the Leafs likely more interested in the cap hit.
But at the end of the day, Nylander effectively gets any money he might have lost for not playing during his holdout period.
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It is Nylander's choice that he is only playing for 5.7 years. The contract is for 6 years.
Had he signed it in the summer, it is very unlikely that they would have given him the $3Mish that he held out on.
This is all semantics, but he isn't getting $45M. It is only being reported that way on cap-friendly et al in order to show the gross-up this year, in an attempt to avoid cap circumvention.