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Originally Posted by Macho0978
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.
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I don't see Bedard at $14mil/year on his next deal unless he is well over 100 pts. in each of the next few seasons. Even then, it could still be closer to 12.
That's the thing about the Leon contract, he needs to be a top 5 player for almost the entire term for it to really make sense. McDavid will get more, probably Matthews next one and then maybe Bedard. Most of the top guys have been paid and have term. The next set of stars may be a ways off.