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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Who?
Panarin is the closest comparison from a free agent perspective and he's paid...$11.64M?
Kucherov signed $9.5M, but that included one RFA year.
Mark Stone at $9.5M is in there as well.
These players also signed in New York City, Vegas, and Tampa Bay. All much bigger draws than Calgary.
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Panarin was a 1.04 pts/g player the previous two seasons in Columbus
Kucherov was a 1.41 pts/g player the previous two seasons in Tampa.
Stone was a 1.06 pts/g player the previous two seasons in Ottawa.
Gaudreau has been a 0.85 pts/g player the past two seasons in Calgary.
Recent production matters and it put's him closer to Taylor Hall than it does the aforementioned players. He's quite clearly better than Hall but his contract should come in the middle. A long term deal between 7-8M is more than fair for all parties involved (assuming he wants to stay here).