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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Would Philly, or any other team, even want an 8th year for Gaudreau? To me, the 8th year is more of a benefit to the player and not the team, when we are talking about a player who will be in his late 30s by the time that 8th year comes around. I just don't see why they would want to trade for that "privilege".
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Let's say they are willing to pay 80M for 7 years if he reached UFA and Gaudreau is fine with that understanding he's likely retiring after that contract.
With the ability to simply spread that out over 8 years, even (or especially) as a bonus-laden 8th year with a 10M signing bonus and 1M salary (like Ladd and Lucic this year), they could do effectively pay him 80M for 7 years of work but reduce his cap hit by 1.5M.
However, if Gaudreau was strictly chasing money from an Eastern Team, an offer from Philly for 88M over 8 years might be more tempting to Gaudreau than 80M over 7 years from NJ.