notbias
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Looking back on the whole thing I can’t believe they weren’t able to do something like “Auston, we love ya and you’re better than Eichel but not better than McDavid. Let’s give you the standard 8 years and split the difference between $12.5 million and $10 million. 8 years, $11.25 million.”
It wouldn’t have been a bargain for Toronto but the math and line of argumentation would have just been so clean and easy to follow. You’re better than one guy, not the other. Everyone gets a standard 8 years. Keep in mind, that number is not an insult by any means and would still be a state of the art contract today. He was cost controlled with no leverage either. How did Kyle screw up such a layup.
If ever there was an Anti-Legends Row Kyle Dubas would get a statue, shaking hands with JFJ.
Do you use hard caps instead of % to try to prove a point based on irrelevant info?
The 8 year deal would have been a higher hit and the cap hasn't moved, we would still be looking at 12.5+ for him probably, and then the next contract much higher...
He is closer to Eichel than McDavid in CH%... splitting the difference was 12.25 million per year for 8 years, and he was closer to McDavid than Eichel in play, so that is a hard sell