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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Not necessarily. Most info suggests the highest profile guys getting very low six figures and others much less. AHL salary is probably comparable, AHL salary + signing bonus pushes it higher than what they’d probably make in college.
And then as mentioned there is the fact that it moves higher earning years closer.
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Most lower draft picks in the A are making 10% of their NHL salary....others even less. A couple years back 75K was pretty common.
Most of those deals are sub 1M if on their ELC.
Now the Flames could choose to pay anyone whatever they want to.They wont of course because its bad business and really opens the door for agents to start playing the "whatabout" game.
The top NIL earners in NCAA hockey will pull in 150-200K and more for the McKenna level guys.
Burning a year of the ELC can certainly be a benefit and would be considered heavily by any player/agent worth their salt.
The other side of that is that there is another year of paid for education to consider as well while earning a decent wage.
Lots goes into this stuff for sure, but turning pro cuz "money", isnt as cut and dried as it maybe once was