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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I actually think he will want 4 years or less at around $15M per year. I think 3 years would make more sense than 4 years though.
He would have a couple more total years in Edmonton to extend their window, it would allow him to overlap with McDavid's prime for the most part, and he would still only be 32 or 33 at the expiry of that deal and would be able to take an 7 year deal to take him to 39/40 years old for his retirement contract.
If you are those two maybe you'd think about doing 3 years (Draisaitl) and 2 years (McDavid), which gives you 4 more years together to try to win a cup.
Then you both become UFAs at 32 and 31 years old respectively and could easily still cash in on a 7 or 8 year deal.
You'd also be looking at a $100M+ salary cap at that point and I think some team would still give them him $16M+ for 7 years at 32/31 years old when the cap is that high and a max contract is $20M.
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Based on what the league said about the revenue and what the cap should be, I think the cap will rise by 5% for at least 3 more years and will be 100 mil by then. If I'm Leon and want to see what Mcdavid does and try and win a cup in Edmonton and maximize the money I make. I'd sign a 2-year deal, $14 mil or more and then decide long term after than deal.
Can the Oilers win the cup after next year if Leon goes to $14 mil and Bouchard goes to $10 mil or so?