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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
In 2018-19, Erik Karlson signed an 8 year $92 million (11.5 ave) contract.
In 2019-20, Drew Doughty signed an 8 year $88 million (11 ave) contract.
In 2018-19, Jon Tavares signed a 7 year $77 million (11 ave) contract.
In 2018-19, Carey Price signed an 8 year $84 million (10.5 ave) contract.
In 2019-20, Tyler Seguin signed an 8 year $78.8 million (9.85 ave) contract.
I could keep going, but none of them maintained their level of play. All have tailed off significantly. It is unreasonable to believe that any player signing an 8 year deal at around 30 years old will not tail off significantly by the end of the contract.
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And in other news, the Pope is Catholic.
Of course these deals will fall off, everyone knows that. But that's the price of playing.
The alternative is trading him (and likely McDavid too) and starting all over again.