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The recently unprecedented huge long term contracts has a somewhat significant time to set in.

There were a dozen 22 or younger guys that were given pretty much franchise player contracts that used to be given out only to clearly exceptional players.

Would this dozen get better or worse offers if the ELC was 4 years rather than 3?

What GM's won and what player agents won?


Pretty sure that San Jose is getting a bit worried about Meier and his 10M qualifying offer.


Is Brayden Point a 9-10M 90-100 pt player or has the league caught up to him? His personal point totals is cut down as the Lightning are playing a bigger more defensive style.

Laine is putting up ppg with a lot more assist than goals. He was on the way to being a 10-12M / season goal scorer but has come back as a better bigger team player.... does that cost him $$

Here is a list of the guys that got the big bucks in their first ELC year and/or set up their Qualifying offers to be in the top 2-3 cap hits on their teams when their bridge deals are done.

While it does not always show the true value of a hockey player the ppg is what overwhelming drives the salaries paid. I have the ppg they had in their first RFA to what they are putting up after signing the big contracts.


player | team | yrs @ cap | QO | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | delta

Mitch Marner | TOR | 6 @ 10.89 | UFA | 1.15 | 1.09 | -0.06

Mikko Rantanen | COL | 6 @ 9.25 | UFA | 1.18 | 1.29 | 0.11

Kyle Connor | WPG | 7 @ 7.14 | UFA | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.11

Sebastian Aho | CAR | 5 @ 8.45 | UFA | 1.01 | 0.91 | -0.10

Ivan Provorov | PHI | 6 @ 6.75 | UFA | 0.32 | 0.61 | 0.29

Timo Meier | S.J | 4 @ 6.00 | 10.0 | 0.85 | 0.63 | -0.22

Matthew Tkachuk | CGY | 3 @ 7.00 | 9.0 | 0.96 | 0.79 | -0.17

Brayden Point | TB | 3 @ 6.75 | 9.0 | 1.16 | 0.82 | -0.34

Brock Boeser | VAN | 3 @ 5.88 | 7.5 | 0.81 | 0.94 | 0.13

Zach Werenski | CBJ | 3 @ 5.00 | 7.0 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 0.08

Charlie Mcavoy | BOS | 3 @ 4.90 | 7.3 | 0.52 | 0.35 | -0.17

Patrik Laine | WPG | 2 @ 6.75 | 7.5 | 0.61 | 1.00 | 0.39