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Originally Posted by chedder
So McKinnon is in the same spot as Johnny was a year ago. It will be interestig to see what transpires. Granted, Denver's a more sought after destination, McKinnon is a bigger fish playing a more important position and younger. I don't see the Avs letting him March to free agency.
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He's not coming off two lacklustre seasons like Johnny was...
MacKinnon has five straight years of 99+ pt pace; four of those years were 107+. 58pts in his last 39 playoffs games.
A nice thing for COL is that Makar and Rantanen (and Landeskog) are on fairly low AAVs, and MacKinnon might be reluctant to blow those out of the water. I wouldn't be surprised if he signs 8x11.25 ($90M). Or maybe he wants $92M to mirror his jersey number and match Karlsson for 2nd biggest 8 yr deal.