Did you think Mackinnon’s AAV on his new contract was above or below 12.6 AAV?

[centipede2233]

Did you think before Mackinnon’s new contract was announced, did you anticipate his new contract AAV would be below 12.6 million or 12.6 million and above?

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[Albatros]

Up to 13.

 

[Miro4Norris]

I thought it will be exactly 12,6m which doubles his salary and makes him highest paid player in the league but if he wanted more he would've got it

 

[Shark Finn]

Voted both just because it was possible.

 

[jonlin]

MacKinnon stated he would take a discount... So, getting the biggest contract EVER in NHL is one? Well, have fun signing Newhook, Toews to extensions.
Also, theese MacKinnons "I was the most underpaid in NHL" can also be taken with a grain of salt. Having the benefit playing with Rantanen and Landeskog for sure bumped his stats. He also didnt perform this well when signed his last one. Barkov was 5.9M and took 10M. I`d like to see how a Landeskog-Barkov-Rantanen line would do. Skating isnt everything.

1	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG - J.T. COMPHER
2	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY LOGAN O'CONNOR - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG
3	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY MIKKO RANTANEN - VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON
4	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY MIKKO RANTANEN - VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ARTTURI LEHKONEN

VS.

1	CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - SAM REINHART - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
2	CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
3	CARTER VERHAEGHE - SAM REINHART - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
4	CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - CLAUDE GIROUX - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV

Then we could go to the D:s behind them...

 

[TruePowerSlave]

It's not a discount and that's what MacKinnon claimed was going to happen. He did deserve to get paid though even if it sounds somewhat strange that the Avs 2nd best player makes the most bank in the league.

 

[Machinehead]

Voted both just because it was possible.

Some men just want to watch the world burn

 

[centipede2233]

It’s clear to me, anytime I hear a hockey player claim they will leave money on the table on their next contract I’ll assume they are lieing

 

[heretik27]

I don't get why people are confused by him being the highest paid player in the league 5 years after McDavid got his contract. He's been a top player for years now and is being paid accordingly. Likewise, if McDavid were renewing his contract next summer he'd get paid even more. Are you guys also surprised to find out that 3rd line plugs are making better money than Gretzky? Wages increase with time, it's been 5 years... Matthews will probably get paid even more.

 

[bobholly39]

It's not a discount and that's what MacKinnon claimed was going to happen. He did deserve to get paid though even if it sounds somewhat strange that the Avs 2nd best player makes the most bank in the league.

1. He shouldn't have made the claim he would sign at discount or team friendly deal. Was stupid to talk about it as it was bound to look bad when he signed. 12.6 is a discount if you consider what he could get on the open market, but most will just see the super high AAV and think his claim a lie. It was a stupid thing to say on his part.

2. Makar was RFA. Mack UFA. That's a world of difference, so not surprising at all he's paid more.

I voted option 2. If you had asked me to guess his AAV, good chance I would have guessed 12.6 exactly, or right around there. He should have ended up highest paid in league (McDavid's contract is years ago, market prices go up each year) but I didn't think he'd be too greedy with Avs and ask for 13 or 14. So 12.6 seems perfect.

 

[Fear]

I thought it works be 13 on the dot, so slightly over

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

thought it would be 11-12. 12.6 on an 8 year deal is massive.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Very slightly below.

 

[Rengorlex]

I thought it was going to be about exactly what he signed for. 12-13 mil.

 

[Painful Quandary]

I thought it was going to be less than 12.5 but more than 11.5.

 

[um]

I thought he'd get less, considering those comments he made a couple of years back about taking less to win more.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Where's the option to say "This is exactly what you expected Mackinnon to sign for"

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I like these comments a lot ! That he even makes a reference to single digit makes me feel like it is kind of close to it but a little higher. $11M ish!! Make it happen!!

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And btw, this is absolutely a discount from what he could have gotten from Colorado, and especially what he would have gotten on the open market.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I predicted "about McDavid's salary" so I guess technically that's below what he got, but then again I said "about" so it covered give or take $500k either way.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

I was pretty confident the number was going to start with a 12. Whatever the K's were, didn't really matter to me.

I'm happy with the deal.

 

[Regal]

I thought with the talk it might be a discount that it’d end up in the 11.5-12 range. It was a little higher than I assumed, but still a fair enough deal and less than he could have made

 

[Foppberg]

I guessed anywhere between 11.5-12.5M, so a bit more than I thought but it's not outlandish. He easily could've commanded 13M++

 

[Regal]

MacKinnon stated he would take a discount... So, getting the biggest contract EVER in NHL is one? Well, have fun signing Newhook, Toews to extensions.
Also, theese MacKinnons "I was the most underpaid in NHL" can also be taken with a grain of salt. Having the benefit playing with Rantanen and Landeskog for sure bumped his stats. He also didnt perform this well when signed his last one. Barkov was 5.9M and took 10M. I`d like to see how a Landeskog-Barkov-Rantanen line would do. Skating isnt everything.

1	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG - J.T. COMPHER
2	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY LOGAN O'CONNOR - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG
3	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY MIKKO RANTANEN - VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON
4	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY MIKKO RANTANEN - VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ARTTURI LEHKONEN

VS.

1	CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - SAM REINHART - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
2	CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
3	CARTER VERHAEGHE - SAM REINHART - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
4	CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - CLAUDE GIROUX - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV

Then we could go to the D:s behind them...

Barkov’s deal was surprising. He could have pushed for 12 too. But it’s hard to know how much Florida taxes played a role in that too

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I thought he would only ask for league minimum since he said he would leave money on the table

 

[byrath]

Originally I thought 11-12m but I figured the Avs would sign him as soon as they could get a pen in his hand. When that didnt happen, I figured 13ish

 

[Voight]

MacKinnon stated he would take a discount... So, getting the biggest contract EVER in NHL is one? Well, have fun signing Newhook, Toews to extensions.
Also, theese MacKinnons "I was the most underpaid in NHL" can also be taken with a grain of salt. Having the benefit playing with Rantanen and Landeskog for sure bumped his stats. He also didnt perform this well when signed his last one. Barkov was 5.9M and took 10M. I`d like to see how a Landeskog-Barkov-Rantanen line would do. Skating isnt everything.

1	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG - J.T. COMPHER
2	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY LOGAN O'CONNOR - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG
3	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - GABRIEL LANDESKOG MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY MIKKO RANTANEN - VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON
4	MIKKO RANTANEN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ANDRE BURAKOVSKY MIKKO RANTANEN - VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON VALERI NICHUSHKIN - NATHAN MACKINNON - ARTTURI LEHKONEN

VS.

1	CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - SAM REINHART - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
2	CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
3	CARTER VERHAEGHE - SAM REINHART - ALEKSANDER BARKOV JONATHAN HUBERDEAU - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV
4	CARTER VERHAEGHE - ANTHONY DUCLAIR - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - CLAUDE GIROUX - ALEKSANDER BARKOV CARTER VERHAEGHE - MAXIM MAMIN - ALEKSANDER BARKOV

Then we could go to the D:s behind them...

Agree about his last one. When he signed it, he was coming off two poor seasons, regression from his rookie year. Even in year 1 of the new deal he only managed 50 some points.