Rumor: Ovechkin looking for $12M/yr on next contract

[jetsforever]

So not in Washington? He'll be 36 at the start of that contract.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I think they should pay him whatever he asks for if it’s within in reason. 12m is to me.

I’d hope the Pens do the same with Crosby and Malkin.

 

[GOilers88]

2x12? 1x12 until he calls it a career?

 

[Brunomics]

Pay the man

 

[Mickey Marner]

35+ cap hits no longer stay on the books, so the risk of retirement is mitigated.

 

[holy]

Ovechkin has 243 points in his last 231 games (1.05 PPG), which works out to 86 points per 82 games

McDavid has 321 points in his last games 224 games (1.43 PPG), which works out to 117 points per 82 games

So, over the last 3 seasons, McDavid is out-scoring Ovechkin by 31 points per 82 games

Is anyone really afraid of playing McDavid? Guy is soft as hell and the team he’s the captain of sucks ass.

 

[Khelandros]

Washington has $23.2MM in cap space for the 2021-22 season. They still need atleast 2 top 4 D-men for the 2020-21 season. Take those into account and they have ~$15MM in space for 2021-22. Then they need to resign Samsonov, who is RFA, and Vrana, who is also RFA. Samsonov is coming off his ELC so probably ~$3MM per year and Vrana will probably get ~$6MM a year, leaving the Caps with $6MM in cap space, which Ovechin wants double of, based on rumor.

If he wants $12mm a season, there is only 2 places he can get it; another team or Mother Russia

 

[GOilers88]

Is anyone really afraid of playing McDavid? Guy is soft as hell and the team he’s the captain of sucks ass.

Put McD on the Caps and Ovi on the Oilers and ask yourself this question.

 

[RantanenRavin]

Ovechkin has 243 points in his last 231 games (1.05 PPG), which works out to 86 points per 82 games

McDavid has 321 points in his last games 224 games (1.43 PPG), which works out to 117 points per 82 games

So, over the last 3 seasons, McDavid has out-scored Ovechkin by 31 points per 82 games

...And?

 

[Perennial]

...And?

That was it...

Nothing more needed to be said

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Now do goals...

McDavid is 5th in the NHL in goals over the past 3 years so he’s not getting blown out of the water

 

[innitfam]

I mean - it's Ovechkin. Washington probably just pays the piper. But 12M seems a little high. McDavid is the only player getting more than that.

It's tough to say exactly what he should get though. A raise is due, certainly. The accolades received in that 12 year span make your head spin.

A multi-year deal at $12M per album would be hard to swallow for a 36 year old, even if it is Ovechkin.

 

[holy]

Put McD on the Caps and Ovi on the Oilers and ask yourself this question.

McDavid has the same personality as John Tavares. Let that sink in.

 

[Tanknation]

Pay the man but no longer than 3 years

 

[Tanknation]

McDavid has the same personality as John Tavares. Let that sink in.

A snail has more personality than those two.

 

[GOilers88]

McDavid has the same personality as John Tavares. Let that sink in.

What does that have to do with hockey skills whatsoever?

Edit: It's a rhetorical question, don't answer. Back to the topic at hand, Ovechkin.

 

[Brucelenok]

Being a huge Ovi fan, I'd be surprized if this rumor is true. Ovi would be dum enough to ask for these kinda money. He can forget about the 2nd Cup once and for all then. The team won't be competitve at all then. Now at least they have another 2-3 years for the 2nd Cup. I'd say 9.5 -10 million is a reasonable amount.

 

[Flukeshot]

For 1 or 2 years, yup.

 

[Ignatius]

Hiring Lavi was a great idea for the Caps

Paying Ovi McDavid-like money, we'll see...

 

[Boxscore]

 

[Canadian Canuck]

13 years ago, 9.5 wasn't Jeff Skinner money.

In 2020, 9.5 still isn’t Jeff Skinner money

 

[RC51]

give him 15mil x 5 years with ntc

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

Even at this stage of his career, pay the man his money. You rarely find a player that's top ten in scoring for nearly every year of his career. He can ask for whatever he wants now

 

[Boxscore]

Teddy better give Ovie the key fob to the vault.

 

[TGWL]

McDavid is 5th in the NHL in goals over the past 3 years so he’s not getting blown out of the water

But is he first? The poster was clearly trying to prove Ovi doesn't deserve McDavid money because McDavid is better, and used points as the main focus. McDavid is clear better, but goals matter and McDavid signed that contract over 3 years ago.