He would be eligible for a 7 year deal. Changes don’t take alleged til sept 2026 I believe
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Originally Posted by Wolven
That is a difficult bet to make. I think most teams would be comfortable extending him for 8x$8.5M, maybe more with the cap going up. For the sake of argument, we could pretend he is going to maintain his fitness levels enough to play until he is 37, which would be the end of his 8 year deal.
8x$8.5M gets him $68M.
On a 6 year deal he would need to get $11.3M to get equivalent earnings to the 8 year deal at $8.5M. Even with the cap going up, I do not believe he can get into those numbers / cap hit. Which means he would need big money on his 35yo contract.
6x$10M + 2x$4M would also get him to $68M by 37. Any kind of injury or significant decline next season and his career earnings would take a huge hit (see Klingberg), not to mention the contract he would need to sign at 35.
There is a lot of risk in the 6 year plan.
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