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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
It is a lot easier to find 8 year contracts signed by guys in their late 20s that turned out badly than it is to find contracts signed by guys aged 21-22 that did the same. Seems like a no brainer that while both contracts carry risk, the ones to the older players carry more.
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As has already been explained, that’s just a product of guys in their late 20s being offered 8 year deals about 100x more often than guys who are 21-22, and usually when it’s guys that are 21-22, it’s because they’re already elite.
If Jones and Nurse signed contracts that ranked in the same place they rank today (5th and 7th highest) 5 years ago, they would both be making $7.5M-$8M and they would both still be overpaid today, just like they would’ve been 5 years ago. If their contracts kicked in a year later like Sanderson’s does, they’d be making even more and would look even more overpaid. Sanderson will also be the 14th highest paid defenceman next year, not the 18th. 4 years ago (5 years before Sanderson’s deal kicks in), the 14th highest paid defenceman was making $7M…
So, what are you even talking about?