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Originally Posted by Robbob
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.
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I agree and over the next few years there will be more. Most are assuming that the 2 Oilers will be 1 and 2 highest paid in the league. It will be very interesting to see what kind of year Bedard has and what Chicago needs to fork out. I could see north of $14 mil happening.
Colorado has Rantanen and Makar to deal with as well but maybe they match MacKinnon.
The Leafs drafted some young stars and now are dealing with massive cap hits.
None of these teams will be looking at walking these types of players to UFA rather than paying them when they see what rebuilding teams have to fork out for guys like Bedard.