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Originally Posted by DJones
Ya I don't understand the argument of not paying him 8.5M. That's borderline 2C money now. In 8 years it'll be low end 2C which he should still be.
The true top players are going to be getting 12-14M soon.
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You're slightly off.
There are only 13 Centers in the NHL making more than $8.5M.
The 33rd highest paid Center is Tage Thompson at $7.14M. Kadri is 36th.
A low end 2C would be at least 48th on the list, and that's Charlie Coyle who makes $5.25M. Backlund's $5.35M is 46th. Even if the cap goes up by $20M, that's a 25% bump those caphits would be in the range of $6.5-7M
Lindholm at $9M would make him have the 12th highest cap hit among centers. Now I don't see him impacting the game enough on a nightly basis to warrant that price tag.