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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
That Walman contract is crazy bad. It’s $750k more per season than Weegar…!
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That is what the media and Oilers fans aren't looking at. McDavid's contract is a steal, but its 3 more years. If you do a look at best contracts in the next 3 years, is McDavid #1? Probably year 3, but that is 1 year and then he is a UFA.
Makar 2 @ $9M
Kucherov 2 @ $9.5M
Barkov 5 @ $10M
Tkachuk 5 @ $9.5M
Reinhart 6 @ $8.65M
Forsling 6 @ $5.75M
Weegar 6 @ $6.25M
Ekblad 8 @ $6.1M
Point 5 @ $9.5M
Hagel 6 @ $6.5M
MacKinnon 6 @ $12.6M
J Hughes 5 @ $8M
T Thompson 5 @ $7.14M
Probably missed a few and McDavid for the next 3 is top 5 for sure. But you can make a case that Kucherov, Barkov and Makar all have better cap hits for the next 2 years. Barkov and MacKinnon have 5 years left on steal contracts.
Mcdavid did the Oilers a favour and increased their chances of keeping it going, but they still need prospects to make an impact and need to overpay to keep other players. They need a goalie and elite dman too. I don't see them having huge cap space to add both of those pieces until 27/28, by then Mcdavid is a UFA again and the team is very old.