HenrikW
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- Feb 21, 2018
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Ovechkin and McDavid at the time of signing were the same caliber of player.
The equivalent to Ovechkin's contract would've been McDavid signing a 13-year contract for $12,615,000.
It is widely known that McDavid did his team a big favor with the contract he signed. Now imagine how much of a favor it was that Ovechkin signed to an almost identical AAV for 5 more UFA years.
Also, Ovechkin could easily command over 15% of the cap today, even at his age.
When Ovechkin in signed in January 2008 the cap was 50.3M. It wasn't known if and by how much the cap would increase. You could argue that the cap was expected to increase though, and that both had different projections at the time of how much it would be increased year by year. Ovechkin signing in July of 2017 would have been 14.22 over 13 years though.
You think he gets +15% on a 8 years contract now too? Playing until he is 41? Or do you mean if the previous contract was 8 and he signed at 30?
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