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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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This happens a lot, and I don’t blame people for thinking that players aren’t worth $6M because, really, who is, in ordinary terms? But when you look at comparables around the league, the landscape changes. $6M gets you Brock Nelson.
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Brock Nelson was a perennial 20-25 goal scorer, a milestone that Mangiapane would have only reached once (this season) and pending UFA, so I'd argue that if pending-UFA 28yo Nelson got $6.0M, then $4.5M for pending-RFA 25yo Mangiapane is right in the wheelhouse of appropriate value.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
People also tend to look at bargains and/or contracts signed under a lot smaller cap, like Scheifele or Mackinnon when making comparisons. Those teams lucked out (and maybe the Flames can as well) but they are not what an agent (or an arbitrator) are going to look at.
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If anyone has made comparables to MacKinnon or Scheifele in the last 2 years then I would agree they're out to lunch. Those contracts are entirely irrelevant today.