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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
You're suggesting the Stars would have had to pay a player like Roberston 12M+ AAV for 8 years with one significant season under his belt at the time? You realize this would be McDavid money, right (and the highest AAV in the league)? Which he signed after multiple 100 point seasons versus Robertsons single 79 point year....
Not a chance that a 7 or 8 year deal last summer would have been higher than $10M or maybe a $10.5M AAV given the track record of the player.
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Yes, that is exactly what I'm suggesting.
McDavid signed his deal at the earliest possible opportunity, while he was 20 years old and it was buying ages 21-29. He would have been crazy not to...he might have been smarter to go for like 5-6 years from a destination control standpoint, but financially it probably wouldn't be a huge difference.
Robertson on the other hand was not signing 1 year in advance, and is 23. He would be insane to walk himself to age 31 unless it came with an insane premium. He's taken a modest risk and it looks likely that he'll end up with well over $130M.
Had he taken a safe $80M bet this off-season, he'd need to earn another $50M on deals signed after age 31.