Friedman: McDavid close to signing 8 year, $13.25M per deal?

[Aceboogie]

According to twitter, this makes 9.5 the "unmatchable" number for a Draisaitl offer sheet, without Edmonton quickly finding a way to dump some cash.

No.. McDavids contract doesn't kick in this next year

 

[JoemAvs]

Wow. Good to lock him up for 8 years but that's like no discount at all and he's not even UFA yet! It's tough to win a Cup with that kind of cap hit.

How is that not a discount??

Did I miss something and the max dropped from 15M to 13.5M?


What other player will ever deserve to get a max salary if not 20 year old McDavid?


He is getting less than Crosby was back in 2007 if we are looking at the % of the cap he is taking.

Good deal for the Oilers if true. And good for McDavid and the NHLPA. The days of cap circumvention are over and the highend guys should finally hurt your cap the way it was intended.

Will be interesting what happens with Draisaitl after that. Really hope someone throws an offersheet for 9M+ his way. Let the Oilers work for that cup that McDavid will win them regardless sometime in the future.

 

[Ace]

It doesn't matter what they pay McDavid. What matters is how much they pay Draisatl. His numbers away from McDavid tell their own story. And McDavid doesn't need 8 million dollar wingers.

 

[Guerzy]

if big Leon gets 7 mill, that's nearly 21 million on two players. See what is happening to Chicago with Toews/Kane and their combined 21 mill?

 

[Walshy7]

can you build a championship team when you have one player absorbing what, 17% of the salary cap? he's gonna ****ing cripple them.

if that one player is McDavid? sure he just about got Edmonton to the playoffs by himself in his 2nd pro season

 

[Coldplay]

Only 17.66% of the cap.

Pretty sure Crosby was 18% of the cap when he signed the 8.7x12 deal, and that sure hasn't crippled them, even with Malkin making more money.

The cap will most likely go up, and this contract will probably look like a steal in 5 years.

The cap was easily expected to rise from its low level back then. There is no certainty of an increase of that magnitude based on these last few years of NHL cap ceilings.

 

[Starat327]

Crosby signed on to an $8.7 cap hit following a season where he put up 120 points in 79 games, and then re-upped on that cap hit for 12 more years. There is something to be said for a guy who understands making room on the team for a supporting cast.

You also cant sign 12 year contracts anymore. You think Crosby would have taken an 8x 8.7 back then?

 

[Opak]

Crosby signed on to an $8.7 cap hit following a season where he put up 120 points in 79 games, and then re-upped on that cap hit for 12 more years. There is something to be said for a guy who understands making room on the team for a supporting cast.

Crosby and McDavid aren't comparable here, because Crosby's contract was made during the old CBA. If you take the last three bogus years off of Crosby's contract, the contract's annual cap hit adjusts to over $10 million. That would've been a huge AAV in 2013, when the salary cap was much smaller than it is today...

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

McDavids cap hit is same % as Crosbys in 07....

Yeah but the cap isn't going to grow nearly as much as it was then.

 

[oconnor9sean]

Lol probably close to $21 million between Draisaitl and McDavid enjoy being in cap hell for a long time Oiler fans you guys still need to upgrade your D here. You'll be just like the Hawks in a few years.

You casually left out three stanley cups for chicago

 

[CupofOil]

that's a lot of money for a 20 year old

Not a regular 20 year old, wouldn't you say?

With that said, I'm a bit disappointed that he didn't take a more team friendly deal.
Good luck to Toronto and Winnipeg with Matthews and Laine now. This sets the market.

 

[Mugzy97]

My guess is 12.125M, 97M over 8 years.

 

[Aceboogie]

So... which is it? Please show me the data on this, because I'm pretty sure this deal would be higher.

It's the same

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

if McDavid was a real teammate and cared about winning he would take and settle for 9.7 per like Sid settled for 8.7

If you did some research, you would know that the cap was in 56.7m that season, not 75m like it is now. McDavid is taking a higher percentage, but he's also signing a longer deal, which will even it out by the end.

 

[Laineux]

So... which is it? Please show me the data on this, because I'm pretty sure this deal would be higher.

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/sidney-crosby

Sidney Crosby signed his 2nd contract on July 7th 2007

By that time the cap hit for the next season was 50.3 million

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_salary_cap

8.7 million is 17.3% of 50.3 million

The current cap hit is 75 million. 17.3% of 75 million is 12,97 million.

 

[Mr Positive]

Crosby signed for more in relation to the cap than McDavid if he does indeed get $13.25M.

and with less UFA years if it's true we get the full 8 years.

 

[Mpasta]

can you build a championship team when you have one player absorbing what, 17% of the salary cap? he's gonna ****ing cripple them.

At this point I have to imagine that you're just joking around to get a reaction.

You do realize who the Pittsburgh Penguins are right?

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I think that's going to make it difficult for the Oilers to surround McD with all the talent necessary to win a Cup for the first few years after his deal kicks in.

It was tough for the Pens to do it when Sid and Geno signed their 2nd contracts too.

 

[Brock Radunske]

He's worth that much but I'll go on record saying that if the cap doesn't raise significantly, the Oilers will not win a Cup while they have him under contract.
The new NHL is based on depth.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

It's the same

The Penguins knew the cap was going to rise practically every year back then, though. The current cap is going to plateau any year now.

I'm not thrilled at this price, but I do like the term.

 

[member 157595]

Lol probably close to $21 million between Draisaitl and McDavid enjoy being in cap hell for a long time Oiler fans you guys still need to upgrade your D here. You'll be just like the Hawks in a few years.

And if they win 3 ****ing Stanley Cups, who gives a damn?

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

McDavid and Drai both locked up for 9 and 8 seasons respectively allows full control on how to build the team for nearly a decade and these players will be in their prime through all of it

 

[sharks9]

Not in Toronto with Lou there.

Can he ask for it? Absolutely.

Lou has no leverage though, if Matthews holds out the fans will riot until Lamoriello gives in and signs him to what he's worth.

Or Matthews will just take a short deal and the Leafs will have to re-sign him again.

 

[Funk21]

YUUUUUUUGE if true.

PC is an idiot if this is true. I get that this kid is the next generational talent but he has proven nothing in terms of winning. Both Kane and Toews got paid after winning multiple cups, Kopitar the same. This signing if true handcuffs his team and no puts a gun to every GM's in the NHL with an up and coming team/players.

 

[ryno23]

I am not worried about Matthews making 13.25 as McDavid is just slightly above him in terms of talent and also Edm is a stupid organization that also gave Russell 4x4 knowing they had to resign Drai and Mcdavid

I think Matthews takes the Stamkos and Crosby approach and sees that if you take the max your team will suck as you can't build with 1 guy eating up the cap space.