Confirmed Signing with Link: [NSH] Eeli Tolvanen signs extension with the Predators (3 years, $1.45M AAV)

[Mestaruus]

Barkov’s contract is irrelevant. Signed years ago in a different climate, when he was coming off of injury plagued ELC years and wasn’t yet the 90+ point player he is now. Florida got lucky on that deal and if it were up tomorrow we all know he’d be a $10M player if not more. Teams can try to use contracts like that as comparables all they want but nobody is falling for it.

Yeah I know, but it's still pretty funny that the numbers are what they are for the said players now.

Plus Barkov is just a too nice loyal guy for his team who accepted a team friendly contract. Possibly his agent didn't do the greatest job with that but who knows, maybe Barkov just really wanted to be in Florida Panthers and didn't want to risk burning bridges with Florida's management.

 

[Bevans]

Well Barkov is a Finnish player as well and in my opinion the best Finnish player in the NHL and much better than Kotkaniemi and Barkov would still lose in salary to Kotkaniemi so yeah. Both are centers as well.

Barkov salary is 8.08% of cap the day it was signed.
KKs will be 7.3%.

If you aren't going to compare them day of signing then there's not much point in comparing them.

KK will also make more than Bobby Orr and Gordon Howe. Congrats KK!

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Why would he sign that for three years? At that AAV it seems like a one year deal, maybe two.