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Originally Posted by Locke
Dont think thats how it works. Once that initial UFA opportunity is used then that 8th year is gone like a fart in the wind.
But they could do a 1 year then a 7. But....what if he gets hurt? What if he phones it in?
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He could do it but it would have had to have been after the 2022-2023 trade deadline
And yeah a big risk on his part but obviously would have needed to be a gentleman’s agreement with Philly GM and ownership.
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8 Year Contracts for Players Re-Signing
The previous CBA allowed players signing with their existing team to sign contracts up to 8 years in length, and players signing with other teams a maximum term of 7 years. The cut-off was that a player had to be on a team’s roster at the most recent Trade Deadline in order to sign an extension that included an 8th year. The most prominent example was Erik Karlsson being traded from Ottawa to San Jose in Sept 2018, when his contract had one year remaining (expired July 1, 2019). He was eligible to sign an extension as of July 1, 2018, but since he was with Ottawa at the Feb 2019 trade deadline, he could only sign an 8-year extension with Ottawa until after the Feb 2020 trade deadline passed with him on San Jose’s roster.
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