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Originally Posted by Draug
No, he believes he can get 10-10.5M on the Open Market, and he's right judging by Panarin's contract.
The overall value of the contract over 8 years can't just match the overall value of a 7 year deal. It has to beat it by, I'd guess, 75% of a season. Otherwise, you take the 7 years, and plan to sign another good deal at 36 years old, just like Letang did today. He'll probably get 8Mx5 at that point, with a presumably much higher cap 7 years from now.
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Letang's contract is very much an outlier. Most players, even good ones, don't get to 35. And when they do, they sign for <$3M or so. There's no one likely giving out a 5 year deal to Gaudreau at age 35. And if he's one of those exceptions, then he's just as likely to get a similar deal after only one more year of 10.5.