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Old 06-16-2017, 08:53 AM   #6735
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Originally Posted by New Era View Post
Orr should be advising his client to wait until July 1st, 2018 before discussing contract extension with the Oilers. McDavid will receive 30 offer sheets for $14M x 5 years. He can pick any of them and the Oilers can only match, meaning he gets max dollars and becomes a UFA at the earliest possible moment. If Orr and company doesn't do this, they are incompetent.
I don't think that is good advice.

There is a % chance that he gets a season or even career ending concussion next year. That needs to be insured against. His agent should determine what a 50 million dollar insurance policy will cost then subtract that from the max deal he could get. Then set anything higher than that as the threshold for signing.

When you have the opportunity to sign for a life changing amount of money you do it. It's negligence not to set yourself up for life as soon as possible.
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