[The Yen Man]

I mean, at the end of the day, your guess is as good as mine. Only Chucky and his agent knows what he was willing to sign. I'm just saying, from a pure economic and maximizing earnings standpoint, 8 years makes the most sense for a lot of star players coming out of their first ELC as it takes him to that age point where they are still in their prime years, but can market themselves for another 8 year massive contract.

To bring this back to Wolf, for him, it might be a bit different in that goalies are such a crapshoot, and lots of goalies actually become BETTER after 30 for some reason. So for him, it still might make sense to do 8 years, and see where his game's at when he's 31. It shields him in case his game, for whatever reason, starts sucking after a couple years. Plus, unlike star players, it's harder for goalies to squeeze more than $8M a year from a GM.