Kane 15.2% @ 8 years
Panarin - 14.3% @ 7 years
Marner - 13.4% @ 6 years
Benn - 13% @ 8 years
Kucherov - 11.9% @ 8 years
Stone - 11.9% @ 8 years
Point - 11.7% @ 8 years
Those are the top wingers. Kane is a real outlier. Panarin being in a bidding war and only having 7 years max drove his number up pretty high. Marner, a RFA, and getting 13.4% doesn't look great on, but it is what it is.
Treliving will look at the 12% group as comparables where Gross will start with the Marner number is my guess.
That makes a range of ~$9.9M to $11.06MM. If Gaudreau goes to market, then he'll probably get the ~15% range likely which is $12.4MM
8 years @ 11.06 = $88.4MM
7 years @ 12.4 = $86.8MM
It looks to me like Tre has to work with Benn's 13% to get to where I think Johnny will get to if he hits the market. Unless you don't believe Gaudreau belongs in this grouping.
Even though I personally don't feel like Tkachuk is in this same grouping, his numbers this year tell everyone different. So, same same.
Nobody should be surprised two 100 point players is going to cost over $20MM a year. I guess Tre's decision is whether he wants that money to be spent on wingers. I'll be disappointed if he decides that's not the greatest way to distribute the cap, but I'll understand.
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