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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
No need for conspiracy theories to explain this contract. McDavid is still going to wind up with around $250 mil in lifetime career earnings. Once you’re looking at those figures, money ceases to have practical value - the big numbers become just a status game. And for someone like McDavid, a Cup legacy will mean much more status than bigger numbers in his bank account when he dies. If his kids resent inheriting only $34 mil each instead of $38 mil, then they’re wretched ingrates.
Whether the Oilers use that cap space effectively is out of McDavid’s hands. But he’s given them a better shot. And when he leaves at the end of the contract, it’ll be pretty tough for Oiler’s fans to cast McDavid as a villain.
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This is what I think he was most afraid of. So, taking a 2-year discount is your answer? Alrighty then. As we've already discussed, doubt the space gets used for anything good. They always overpay.