It's interesting to think about things from a lens of one year ago:
- By not coming to terms on an extension by UFA/NTC day Johnny probably faced some risk of getting traded, but bet on himself for more money and/or long-term location control.
- There are lots of ways a person could rationalize taking less money, but here is a pretty good one: 1 year ago johnny was probably looking at a ~$64-72M deal (over 8 years). With that in mind, it might not be too hard to 'settle' for say $75M over 7 years at his preferred destination.
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