The big debate is on.
How much of a discount is Draisaitl going to take, and McDavid and Bouchard going to take.
I'm seeing lowpoints of 11 million for Draisaitl, 13.5 for McDavid, and shockingly 10 million for Bouchard.
I don't think there's anyway that Draisaitl isn't pushing for the 14 million range. Its his last long term contract, and he already took a home discount last time around.
McDavid is getting whatever the league minimum will be, as the "best" player in the world heading into a long term deal that takes him to his mid 30's. With the tremendous pressure by his agent and the NHLPA is there any chance of a below 16 million dollar deal? Not a chance.
The only place that they're right is Bouchard. His agent is going to point at the nurse contract and yell "More".
We are heading to the end of august deadline for Draisaitl to get a deal done. New slimy GM Stan Bowman has his work cut out for him and knee pads to buy.
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