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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Right after the 05 lockout, which introduced the salary cap, Iggy re-signed for $7m per, after making $8m pre-cap. I love Iggy, but he took a higher % to the cap, $7m of $39m (17%), vs McBoner's $12.5m of $79m (15%). Jagr, Tkachuk, Lidstrom & Yashin (lol), took even higher percentages of the cap pie.
Previous to that lockout, there were many instances of star players making north of $10m per season.
Thus, the notion that a team wouldn't pay McIdiot $15m is unrealistic. Owners have clearly done it, in small markets, large markets, and both with and without salary caps.
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McDavid's deal was actually 16.67% at the time he signed it. Still not crazy compared to his previous peers.
Ovechkin took 19% of the cap in 2008 on his 13 year deal. Crosby's second deal was 17% I believe. His third was the discount of $8.7 (14%) for 12 years or whatever.
Both of these deals which are now illegal in length helped beat down the salaries of top players. There is a good chance Crosby would have taken more on an 8 year deal instead of one that went into his late 30s.
You couldn't just take more money than Ovechkin or Crosby.
It took until 15/16 until Kane and Toews finally broke past the big two, and then almost 20 guys blew by Ovechkin and Crosby in a span of a few years after that.
I think the contracts for Ovechkin + Crosby are a partial reason why the leagues stars are now underpaid relative to how much they were getting right after the cap was introduced.
