Aho got the term he wanted. Took a lower cap but if you factor in time value of money (assuming he was to be paid straight even salary), he likely comes out close to making the equivalent of around $9 mill per on an even salary contract.
All these ufa want the leverage of being able to hit ufa and sell 5/6 prime years.
Aho is ufa at 27. Skinner this summer was set to be ufa at 27 and he signed for $9 mill per with buffalo for the max term. Hayes at 27 got $7 mill for 7 years form Philly. JVR only lands 5 year term because he hit ufa at 29.
At 27, your prime can go to 32/33. So you’re in a much better negotiating position to get the extra 2 years on a max term.
Boeser, would be ufa at 27. Same as Connor, Meier, Chabot, Barzal, etc. What’s the better leverage for Brock on his next deal? 1 year from UFA at age 26, to land a max term deal to say 34 or sign away a ufa now until he’s 28. Max term to 36?
That’s why IMO these guys don’t want 7-8 year deals to take them to 29/30. Scheiffle took 8 years and he’ll hit ufa at 31 in the same year when Aho and Mathews hit the market. Not close to the same leverage as the other 2 younger guys. Only do the max term if the money is great.
Ekblad took max term at $7.5, which was the highest ever cap hit for a Dman coming out of elc, surpassing the $7 mill per if doughty back in 2011. Ekblad also had like 3 concussions before his elc ended so that deal made sense for him.
Have the 8 year term really benefitted McDavid, Draisaitl, Scheiffle, Eichel and Tarasenko? ( limiting to the max term ).
I’d say McD and Leon and Scheiffle have out played their deals already. Tarasenko is pretty close to his number as he begins his ufa years of his $7.5 per deal. Eichel, solid first year under new deal but hasn’t hit the $10 mill value yet but didn’t expect him to in year 1.
