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Originally Posted by gvitaly
The Athletic was projecting him to get around 2 x $3.4M, so this is really banking on the cap going up. I don't know how effective he will be in the 2nd half of his contract, so it seems like a risky deal, with no apparent benefit.
Someone like Mangiapane is likely going to make less, and get a lot less term, despite the better production.
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Logically you'd think that going to 8 years gives the team a discount by providing security to the player. But I guess with the expectations of a rising cap, the Oilers actually are the ones paying for the security of cost certainty.
It just seems like an unnecessary bet for a team to make for player whose offensive upside seems very limited.