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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I doubt Draisaitl's age is listed anywhere in his contract. The contract will say it covers the time period for the NHL calendar starting July 1 2025 - June 30 2033.
His age isn't likely listed anywhere in a contract.
Also nobody here really gives a crap about the "contract age" what matters is the age is will be for the majority of that season which is 30 years old.
It's the same thing with Rasmus Andersson, when most Flames fans have been talking about his next contract we aren't saying it starts when he's 29. We are saying he will be 30 when it starts because he will turn 30 on October 27th of that first season of his new deal.
If Craig Conroy is negotiating that contract with Andersson and saying "Oh yeah this is a great deal because we are covering your 29-36 year old seasons" then he would be an idiot.
If the player's birthday is in March then you'd have a point, but when it's October like this then it's foolish to look at it any other way.
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Yeah generally the people negotiating deals for a hundred million dollars are smart enough to understand that some things are whole numbers and some thing (like age) can be expressed as real numbers/decimals (eg 29.9 years), and that the fractional values can matter.
Maybe not the people negotiating for the oilers though...