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Originally Posted by manwiches
Just goes to show you the mindset of their generation vs the new ones (Draisaitl et al). This new generation is all about themselves. Ovi/Sid's generation just gets it. They've already made life changing money. Generations upon generations of their family are taken care of. They know their market value, take less, yet enough not to be disrepectful, so their teams can still build around them.
I will be the first to say I hated Sid when he came into the league, with the constant whining. But he has really grown and embraced the role he has grown into, as a true ambassader of the game.
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Or it's not a generational thing at all and just goes to show you the difference that the CBA and 8 year contract limits impose.
It's fun to trash the Oilers but it's not super comparable.
Crosby signed a 12 year deal at 14.5% of the cap and he's up for renewal on a contract that covers his 38 and 39 year seasons. He's the only guy that I think took a true discount of the former superstars, and he did it to retain Malkin, Letang, and Fleury.
Ovechkin signed a 13 year deal for $9.5M which was by far the highest salary at the time and 16.8% of the cap. And then took another $9.5M when he was already declining on a deal that most people said would look like an overpayment.
Malkin signed his 8 year $9.5M extension when it was 15% of the cap.
Drasaitl's deal is 15.9% of the cap. It's no discount for sure, but in reality neither Malkin or Ovechkin took discounts on their first major payday's either.