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Originally Posted by Major Major
8.5 would have been seen as a big overpay. He was getting comped at tarasenko's contract which was 7.5 x 8. Maybe they had to give him 8 mil, but that would have been a steep price. The team had a mind numbingly stupid you can't make more than the captain policy and it cost them 2 years of Gaudreau.
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He finished 6th in league scoring and was one of the most dynamic players for team North America at the World Cup. I think it would have been an acceptable deal. Some may have said overpay but I don’t think it would have been a universal take.