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Old 12-23-2020, 01:35 PM   #4885
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Originally Posted by RedHawk12 View Post
I'd love to have Draisaitl on my team for 8.5M for the next 6 years. Chia lucked himself into that contract as at the time it was a bit of an overpay. But still, it looks pretty good today. I'd be thrilled if Tkachuk's next deal came in at 8.5×8. And biases aside I think Draisaitl>Tkachuk
I didn't say it was a bad contract right now, what I am saying that within the context it was signed it was far from as good of a deal as it could have been.


Its been 4 years since RFA contracts of this size has been the standard. It is unsustainable, and we will see teams walk back from offering contract this size to RFAs because of the way the cap is now. For better or worse Chia and Draisaitl set a new standard for how good RFAs get paid.
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