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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) conract.

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.

Just 9 more years!