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Originally Posted by GioforPM
You might need the 8 year contract to spread out the dollars for cap purposes. If JG is like other players, he cares most about the full contract amount. Just be prepared to maybe trade and retain in the last couple years.
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You have this wrong. Longer term actually adds cap hit for star players. That's why Gaudreau was rumoured to be closer to 7.5/8mil AAV on this current contract if he had signed 8 years instead of the 6 he signed for.
Lower cap hits for more years was more a thing back when you could circumvent with really low final years, aka Kiprusoff, Hossa etc.