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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Paging This Post Is Terrible.
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He's right, though.
Gaudreau has produced at roughly a PPG over his previous contract and and at his age has to be expecting double digit AAV and max term.
In a league where it was seven years ago when Kane and Toews signed extensions for 10.5x8y against a notably smaller cap ceiling, we really have no idea where these contract talks go. There's a lot of uncertainty on what a franchise player UFA deal looks like in the post-covid era.
Unfortunately, the reality was always that signing Gaudreau to "only" six years would come back to bite us in the ass. You're not going to nickel and dime a UFA.