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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Gaudreau is great but IMO he’s not Ovechkin, Malkin, Crosby tier.
He’s more in the Perry, Getzlaf, Carter type of tier, and those guys were all more in the $2-4M contract type of range.
And my guess is 8 years from now the age is trending even younger, just like it’s much younger than it was 8 years ago at this point.
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For sure on not being in the tier with those guys. But I think the type of game he plays and starting his NHL career later are some factors that would extend his career.
Getzlaf signed for $4.5 and is the best comparable of those three IMO. Interestingly Perry signed an 8 year deal in 2013 that was not much less than what Flames offered Gaudreau.
Anyway I would put the odds quite long that Gaudreau retires in 7 years.