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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
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,?
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No one would have offered them those contracts coming out of entry level deals though.
In most cases the 8 year deal is to get a guy on a rising trajectory locked in. Like Brady Tkachuk who looked overpaid until last season.