The fact that Panarin and McDavid are within 1M cap hit and McDavid has 26 points (and counting) in only 1 more game is exactly why Bread makes wayyyyy too much money.
Bread gets points. The only players who deserve that kind of cap hit are McDavid, MacKinnon, Kucherov and Makar, essentially. No one else controls play and drives play NIGHTLY, just as well in the playoffs as regular season, as those guys. Panarin gets paid for fluff. He’s still elite. He’s not one of the five greatest players in the world, nor even close when games get tight.