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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
A 60 point pace is not the same as actually getting 60 points. It's a smaller sample size.
This is especially relevant for someone like Suzuki who has only played 127 regular season NHL games in his career.
Kailer Yamamoto had a 79 point pace in 19-20. But he only had 26 points that season. He wasn't paid as such.
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I'm aware that it isn't the same - but because of a shortened season(s) it is the best approximation we have. I guarantee this is used by agents in negotiations. Also, Kailer Yamamoto is a cherry picked argument - he only played 27 NHL games and played 23 in the AHL - Obviously a player that spent half the season in the minors isn't getting paid like a full time NHLer - and that is a much smaller sample size than say 50+ games, so even more irrelevant to this argument.
Suzuki played 71 and 56 games the last two seasons and didn't spend a day in the minors. Clearly, not the same thing.