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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
You're right, I should have clarified - I meant the same amount of money per game. Nylander's only signed for something like 5 2/3 seasons.
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It's semantics...
Either you think the Leafs would have paid him more for the full season (i.e the pro-rated amount), or you think they are paying him the full amount, even though he is only playing 3/4 of the season.
I think it is the latter. Just assuming they would have given him $3.25M more, had he signed before the season started, seems like a stretch to me.
They paid him what they were going to pay him. And in order to avoid cap circumvention, this year had to get pro-rated for cap compliance.
It is not a $45M contract. It is a $41.75M contract, whereby he got 20 or so games off.