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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
This always shows that a player like Gaudreau is not likely to look at his next contract as a retirement contract. IMO that reduces the advantage of the 8th year that Flames can offer.
$75 million over seven years is going to look a lot better than $76 million over 8 years. Especially with a significantly higher salary cap seven years from now.
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One example does not a trend make. Gaudreau will be 35 in 7 years. Here's the present list of 35+ contracts right now (previous years look a lot similar):
https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/35-plus
Will Gaudreau sign an Ovechkin/Letang deal or a Parise/Perry (noting the latter two were after buyouts).
And the list of players who don't make it to 35 is a lot longer than those who do. For every Perry there's a Bure/Kariya/etc. There's a reason 35+ contracts exist.