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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Gaudreau will be 36 (7 year deal) or 37 (8 year deal) when this current contract expires.
He needs to look at this as his retirement contract.
I can’t think of many players signing for $5M+ at age 36 or older in recent history.
Ovechkin, Letang, and Pavelski are the only 35+ contracts in the entire NHL over $5M this season. There are only 17 players on 35+ contracts in the entire league.
It’s likely that the league gets even younger over the next 8 years too and Gaudreau doesn’t even have a next contract.
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Malkin turns 36 this month and he will get that much. I think you need to look at a smaller group subset of elite forwards and see what their 35+ contracts look like. Gaudreau has less tread on him too.