[SuperMatt18]

I'm not sure Draistsil stayed because of some promise from McDavid.

They put $14 x 8 in front of him, and he knew he wasn't getting $16 x 7 from another team so he took the contract.

I think if he knew the cap was going up so much he might have waited since he could maybe have gotten $15 x 7 from somewhere.

But might as well take the guaranteed $112M and not risk it.

It will probably be the same with McDavid. I think they might move Bouchard in the offseason as an RFA and will offer McDavid something like $144 x 8.

That's the equivalent of 20.5 x 7 which is going to be tough for any team to beat.