MasterDecoy
Who took my beer?
I'm not so so sure the NHLPA won't like the 5 year deals. I think they will be more popular as guys like Matthews want to be UFA sooner and on the right side of 30 so they can cash in on the 2nd contract as well. For the elite level stars it's ELC (18-20) and then a 5 year deal (21-25) and then another 5 year deal (26-30).
If the cap keeps growing like is has in the past two seasons, I think they would prefer the 5 year contract so they are not stuck in the last 3 year of a 8 year deal when the cap is substantially higher
I believe this is the correct way to look at it, but I doubt the nhlpa sees it that way...
To anyone saying get rid of guaranteed contract: take them away, and get ready for multiple years of no hockey. And besides, If aomeone doesn’t play to their contract, that’s on the idiot gm who gave them that contract to begin with, not the player who signed it