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

[Skinnyjimmy08]

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

Well technically the first 2 seasons he will be getting paid the league minimum of 750k all season haha.... But he just happens to be getting a bonus of 16.5 mill those seasons before the season starts lol

 

[Bounces R Way]

I thought it would be below by a bit but after seeing the Stutzle and Kyrou deals I wasn't too surprised when it came in higher.

 

[Ncit3]

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...

What even is this terribly formatted all-caps diagram post of a cup winning team and a team that got swept by the cup winning teams opponent?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

i said he was worth 13+ but thought he might take a discount. I guess he did, a little bit

 

[Buck Naked]

I thought it was gonna end up higher. With another team.

 

[M2Beezy]

I repeatedly stated his new contract would be between $12.55-12.65 million per season over 8 years but seemed obvious to me

 

[PROUD PAPA]

I think it's always surprising whenever a player sets a new salary high. Less so if it's the player widely considered the best in the world.
I think it has as much to do with how most people usually react to a change to the "norm". Even when the norm is due for a shift.

 

[4Twenty]

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 left money on the table and has the no income tax state on his side.


Mackinnon will look underpaid again as the cap rises. Barkov’s will look stupidly underpaid.

Just wait until Connor signs in 4 years in a $90m plus upper cap limit.

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

I assumed that EJ's entire $6m cap hit coming off the books would go to Mack's raise, so I was off by 300k.

 

[Muffin]

Thought it was going to be 12.9 to match his jersey number.

 

[centipede2233]

I thought it might be 8.7 cause Crosby!