Avaholic29
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What the f***? There’s no way lol unless the league knows cap is rising substantially without a doubt in mind.
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What the f***? There’s no way lol unless the league knows cap is rising substantially without a doubt in mind.
hughdreamz
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I wouldnt be surprised if $14.5M is Nate’s starting point. Avs are at 9. They meet around $12M
If MacK wants 14.5 he can get it from someone… I don’t think that is what he will get, but not unreasonable considering how much he could get in the open market.
If the Avs started or are at 9…. That would be more absurd and even insulting.
If the Avs started or are at 9…. That would be more absurd and even insulting.
MacKinnon is not consistent enough to be paid that kind of money. Let's not forget how pedestrian he looked in the finals before game 6.
13M is the most I'd go for him.
13M is the most I'd go for him.
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Foppa2118
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All of this hysteria the last few weeks over Nate's next contract, trading Mikko, the window shutting, etc, because of one Adrian Dater rumor about Nate seeking to be the highest paid player in the NHL. 
Everyone talks about Dater like he's a hack until he says something that gives people an opportunity to act like the sky is falling. Then all of a sudden he's Elliotte Friedman.
Everyone talks about Dater like he's a hack until he says something that gives people an opportunity to act like the sky is falling. Then all of a sudden he's Elliotte Friedman.
Avaholic29
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All of this hysteria the last few weeks over Nate's next contract, trading Mikko, the window shutting, etc, because of one Adrian Dater rumor about Nate seeking to be the highest paid player in the NHL.
Everyone talks about Dater like he's a hack until he says something that gives people an opportunity to act like the sky is falling. Then all of a sudden he's Elliotte Friedman.
That’s my feeling too but the fact it’s not done yet definitely leaves some doubt in the mind.
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To be fair, Elliotte Friedman said exactly the same thing yesterday on 32 thoughts. That it's possible MacKinnon will become the highest paid player in the league.All of this hysteria the last few weeks over Nate's next contract, trading Mikko, the window shutting, etc, because of one Adrian Dater rumor about Nate seeking to be the highest paid player in the NHL.
Everyone talks about Dater like he's a hack until he says something that gives people an opportunity to act like the sky is falling. Then all of a sudden he's Elliotte Friedman.
I don't really care what we pay MacKinnon at this point, we won our cup and he deserves the money after being so underpaid for years. But if he breaks the bank there are going to be a lot of people bringing up that "I will take less again to win".
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Then you woke up realizing you had a nice dream. That will not happen because of what’s all about - money.
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On the main board, someone posted the cap could go up as much as 10 million in a couple of years.
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Within the last week both Seravalli and Bill Daley have said similar. Things are going better than expected for the league. They weren’t really expecting any big cap jumps until 2024 or 2025 but it’s starting to look like we could see it a year from now
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I sure as f*** hope that the management isn't thinking like this after 1 cup and a young core including 23 yo Cale Makar signed for 5 more years.
Daly said after 23-24… not next summer.
Ararana
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All of this hysteria the last few weeks over Nate's next contract, trading Mikko, the window shutting, etc, because of one Adrian Dater rumor about Nate seeking to be the highest paid player in the NHL.
Everyone talks about Dater like he's a hack until he says something that gives people an opportunity to act like the sky is falling. Then all of a sudden he's Elliotte Friedman.
If only we heard the exact same thing from... idk... Elliotte Friedman himself.... then we could truly take it seriously.
Foppa2118
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Friedman said it was a POSSIBILITY he could end up the highest paid player and he just got that from Dater. Dater said he WILL be the highest paid player. Friedman doesn't have any sources in Colorado, so he always uses Dater.
Difference being Friedman doesn't make things sound definitive when he doesn't know. Dater intentionally says everything definitively, hoping that if it turns out to be true, he'll look like a genius. That's why he's been burned so many times.
Yeah if only.....still waiting....
Ararana
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You think Friedman pulls his info from Dater? lol. He's far more likely to be talking to Brisson.
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And how the f*** would you know that? Friedman is close to player agencies.
No he didn't say that. This is exactly what he said:
NHL sources tell Colorado Hockey Now that the MacKinnon camp is expecting the star center to become the highest-paid player in the league on his next contract.
Except that he didn't.
That wasn't your best post. Did you get enough sleep?
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All of this hysteria the last few weeks over Nate's next contract, trading Mikko, the window shutting, etc, because of one Adrian Dater rumor about Nate seeking to be the highest paid player in the NHL.
Everyone talks about Dater like he's a hack until he says something that gives people an opportunity to act like the sky is falling. Then all of a sudden he's Elliotte Friedman.
And whenever he is right about something (it happens) people turn the other way and pretend he never said anything.
Lol if the Avs are starting 9M, Nate might as well walk as that is completely insulting.
The Avs probably starting around 11 or so. Nate probably is starting at 13.5 (f*** Dater 14.5 my ass, 2M higher than anyone doubtful). They probably come to an agreement at 12.75-13M.
I sure as hell hope they aren't playing hardball with one of the top 5 players in the world, who was equally important to the Cup as Makar.
We have no shot at success without 29.
And if 29 walks you can pretty much guarantee 8 walks at the end of his deal because he won't want to play on a shit team.
You get Nate signed and figure it out from there. The only two players on this team that truly matter are 8 and 29. Everyone else is expendable in comparison to those two.
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Because all he said about what he heard was "the word I've heard is they've been talking." Then he made it very clear the rest of what he said was speculation.
And he's said multiple times he doesn't have any sources in Colorado and done this exact same thing many times when talking about the Avs, and just repackaging what Dater had said about rumors. That's why they're always patting each other on the back on Twitter.
Except that he clearly did. You must be still dreaming about trading Mikko.
"Nathan MacKinnon Seeking To Be NHL’s Highest-Paid Player"
"the expectation is that MacKinnon will be the highest-paid player in the NHL when he puts pen to paper on his next deal."
"MacKinnon almost certainly will be the guy with the highest AAV in the league by no later than next summer."
"My prediction on MacKinnon’s next AAV: $14.5 million"
Except Elliotte didn't say the same as Dater. All he said was that Nate could end up the highest paid player. Could doesn't mean is going to. And it sure as hell doesn't mean 2M higher than the highest paid player like Dater is suggesting. 12.51M. Still makes him the highest paid player.
Dater is washed up and has minimal sources compared to what he used to have. His Nate coverage this summer screams that he is hoping for another I called the end of lockout moment for him. Another "called it" moment so to speak. And when it appears he'll be wrong he'll put something out that contradicts everything he's said this summer to cover his backside.
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There's a long history of teams rewarding their players for what they have done in the past and none of them were successful after that.
So roll with Compher as 1C while jettisoning a top 5 player in the world who backpacked your franchise for 5 years... seems like a bold strategy.
You've got to pay the guy, we really have no choice or we'll be laughably bad and Makar will for sure walk to Calgary at the end of his deal because he won't want to play in this shit hole.
If you're not going to pay 29, you might as well fold the franchise and start over somewhere else.
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