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Confirmed with Link: Avs Re-sign Cale Makar to 6-Year Deal
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Belgican
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Yep. This isn't a bad contract but this isn't a bargain by any stretch of the imagination.
Jeff Marek called it "unprecedented" in the 31 thoughts podcast.
A lot of people don't fully understand the "buying just one UFA year" thing and why it's good for the player and bad for the team.
Richard88
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9x7 is where I would've been happy. 9x6 is understandable but still a bit disappointing. A compromise from both sides for sure.
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Oh man. Salt of the earth those newfies. Honestly the nicest people I have ever met.
CalderKing21
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Unless the team has a rift with the player, the 1 year of UFA won't even factor it. If you value the player highly and reach an extension before they get to FA then it won't be a big deal.
The problem comes in when teams know the player has leverage and still tries to pinch pennies.
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Great deal IMO I would have bet alot of money on the cap hit being 10 mill. Makar could have went after a massive payday. It's funny you think of someone like Miro as a comparable but when you look at there numbers/accomplishments you realize how big the gap is. I would imagine every agent is hanging up the phone if you even try and go there.
The cap hit on a 8 year deal would probably be too big for Sakic after the Jones/Miro deals. A bridge deal potentially walks you into a situation where both MacKinnon and Makar are making 12+ mill in a couple years. If Makar continues his pace do you really want to re-sign him in 3 years?
Even if it's only 6 years getting Makar under 10 mill feels like a big win. Really no comparisons out there outside of maybe someone like Matthews.
The cap hit on a 8 year deal would probably be too big for Sakic after the Jones/Miro deals. A bridge deal potentially walks you into a situation where both MacKinnon and Makar are making 12+ mill in a couple years. If Makar continues his pace do you really want to re-sign him in 3 years?
Even if it's only 6 years getting Makar under 10 mill feels like a big win. Really no comparisons out there outside of maybe someone like Matthews.
I think Sakic made a big error in waiting so long to sign Makar. I'd bet if he signed before Heiskanen/Jones that he coulda got an extra year or slightly lower AAV. As soon as that Heiskanen contract was signed things changed for Makar's camp in a big way.
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Nah, I'll still laugh at it. I don't see the comparison to Matthews at all.
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9x6 is an amazing contract for Makar, of course 7/8 would be better but you got to give to get.
8 years and were looking at the karlsson contract aka a real comparable for the matthews contract (the only comparable would be the threat of offersheet, everysingle team in the league would offersheet this man at 4X11 or 5 x10 or 7 x 12).
In 6 years we will have cups and goodwill to sign our franchise players or we will have no cups and be wanting to get rid of them anyways. This is such a win for the avalanche
8 years and were looking at the karlsson contract aka a real comparable for the matthews contract (the only comparable would be the threat of offersheet, everysingle team in the league would offersheet this man at 4X11 or 5 x10 or 7 x 12).
In 6 years we will have cups and goodwill to sign our franchise players or we will have no cups and be wanting to get rid of them anyways. This is such a win for the avalanche
ANewHope
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Matthews has 24 points in 32 playoff games and Makar has 31 points in 35 games. Makar's numbers really are absurd when you try and find a comparable for him. He's been PPG the past two playoffs with a pretty decent sample size.
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You're making a ton of assumptions here. We've no idea what really happened behind closed doors.
Just as an example: Who waited? What's the assumption Sakic waited? Why is it crystal clear Makar would never wait a few months (to see, say, Heiskanen extension)?
Northern Avs Fan
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The Makar deal looks good in comparison to the Heiskanen and Jones deal.
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The Abusement Park
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Sakic is lucky Makars agent didn't wait out most of the offseason.
dahrougem2
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All that article told me is f*** whoever it was that decided to draft Tyson Jost over Charlie McAvoy
The Kingslayer
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As a defenseman. That's key in this. Hes putting up those numbers in the hardest time as a dman. Truly remarkable.
Depends on the time window you are looking at. Makar got only one (right?) UFA year covered, so that's not a lot. I think Heiskanen got three years covered.
Regardless, I don't think Sakic made a bad deal.
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The Abusement Park
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Ehhhh I don’t think so. He looks to be a 40-50pt all situation 1D. I see nothing wrong with his contract.
