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Originally Posted by Macho0978
I agree, the number maybe not completely irrelevant, but for me fair is around $13 to $14 mil. To me this contract is on the higher end of fair and no way is a discount. I think if he wanted north of $14 mil you have to consider other options.
Of course, it would be much better if he signed for $12.5 mil or less, but that wasn't an option unless he took a discount.
The issue the Oilers have is Nurse, Campbell, Neal, Brown's bonus and 0 ELC's and cheap RFA contracts with term on their team. These issues do not make Leon's contract bad. It's not a great contract, it has risk but the idea that they could just land a high end dman with a good contract and term on that contract or they would be better off walking him to UFA is just ridiculous. They made the right choice, especially if they want to keep McDavid too.
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That is just it. He took his payday because all those players got paid. Of course he could have taken less to help the team, but at the end of the day no other player has, so why should he if he is one of a very few that are carrying the team.