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Originally Posted by Dajazz
9.5 million for 8 years for Mark Stone.
Mark Stone. Not Evgeni Malkin.
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Malkin is making 9.5M but signed his contract when the cap was going to be 64M. 15% of the cap.
With a cap of around 84M next year, the equivalent hit would be 12.5M a year. With the cap inflation, comparing contracts from 6 years ago is a fool's errand.
As for Toews, he was getting heat because he went a 70 point player to a 50 point player. If Stone does the same, he too will be taking heat but if he remains a near point-per-game winger that provides elite defense, it's a perfectly reasonable contract.