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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The fact that Crosby always took his 8.7 figure did sort of set the standard of top guys not taking as much for themselves so that the team could be better had influence on other players. There was also a period of lower growth, flat caps from before the Pandemic until this season which stagnated some things.
That was always the fear from the PA with the cap 20 years ago. They were worried the 2 to 4 million dollar player middle class of the NHL would go by the wayside. But today there's a lot of players in that 4 to 8 million dollar range on an AAV.
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Yeah, if Crosby went max percentage on his contracts I think teams would have had to follow on all star players and stars would have been higher paid in the 2000's/2010;s, for sure.