This is why a majority of the population struggle with the fine print of contracts because they lack the ability to distinguish and compartmentalize data points that from an initial glance look to be the same but upon closer inspection, have material impacts to calculations.
Draisaitl's agent negotiated a contract with the team where his first season begins when he is at Age 29.9 years old and his last season begins when he is at Age 36.9 years old.
The fact that he is not born in January instead of October is not held against him because it was not held against him when he was Drafted.
When he was Drafted, that started the ticking clock on his years of service which is taken account into as well. He will have 11 years of service accrued with his team after his current contract is up. His next contract will take him from Year 12 - 19.
When his ELC was signed, he began that season at 18.9 years old. It is still considered to be his AGE 18 season for comparison purposes.
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