Rumor: Dater: MacKinnon Seeking to Be the NHL's Highest Paid Player

[Frank Drebin]

I`d think 11M could get it done. McKinnon, who cares about his teammates eating- and training-habits and goes crazy if someone doesnt do theese things right, do seem like a guy who is committed to winning before cash. I doubt he want max money and because of this, lose a few good teammates?

He plays on a team where Lehkonen gets paid 4.5m and Nuke 6.1. Why would or should he be willing to take a team friendly deal when other guys got paid for the cup win already?

 

[Malaka]

This is from dater. Before this becomes a season long thing and I pull my hair out from the lightning superfan friend I have who has been saying nonstop how f***ed the avalanche are and will never win again, are there any other resources pointing to Mack wanting a contract above 10+? He’s said in the past pretty clearly he wants a discount. Him and his idolization of Crosby I don’t expect him to actually follow through on these claims.

 

[jonlin]

He plays on a team where Lehkonen gets paid 4.5m and Nuke 6.1. Why would or should he be willing to take a team friendly deal when other guys got paid for the cup win already?

His linemates Rantanen gets 9,25M and Landeskog 7M. Not to talk about Cale Makar at 9M

 

[crowi]

He'll take around $12M. This Dater stuff is bullshit.

 

[jcs0218]

Dater wants MacKinnon to just "f*** it" and then "go in next year and not think and just win this thing when he doesn’t think that much".

 

[Chips]

How did Dater spawn a thread this long

 

[JianYang]

f*** it

 

[Foppberg]

He plays on a team where Lehkonen gets paid 4.5m and Nuke 6.1. Why would or should he be willing to take a team friendly deal when other guys got paid for the cup win already?

I mean, those are fairly team friendly so.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I mean, those are fairly team friendly so.

It's about $150k per point for lehkonen. I love the player and he certainly brings more than offense but I would call his contract more like well deserved rather than team friendly.

But it's pointless bickering to argue what number Mackinnon will accept, it might be 10 it might be 14.

 

[Foppberg]

It's about $150k per point for lehkonen. I love the player and he certainly brings more than offense but I would call his contract more like well deserved rather than team friendly.

But it's pointless bickering to argue what number Mackinnon will accept, it might be 10 it might be 14.

Right now it might not look that way, but this time next year I think it'll look like a steal. Same with Nuke.

At this point I'm expecting somewhere in the 11s and won't be surprised by 12 or even 13.

 

[LOFIN]

It's about $150k per point for lehkonen. I love the player and he certainly brings more than offense but I would call his contract more like well deserved rather than team friendly.

But it's pointless bickering to argue what number Mackinnon will accept, it might be 10 it might be 14.

Has to be remembered, Lehkonen is about to explode offensively in Colorado. Can't really compare what he did in Montreal as a 4th liner when he's about to play in the top-6 of the Avalanche team, also getting PP minutes.

 

[Adam da bomb]

The career span of an NHL player is relatively short, and MacKinnon is paying taxes at the 37% federal bracket plus another 4.55% for Colorado state taxes, so he's only saving towards retirement the remaining 60% or so, less current living expenses. Then, there are other expenses such as whatever percentage his agent is taking.

Also, it's not like MacKinnon will retire at 65 and only need the money for maybe 30 years, but rather if he retired at 35 he would need the money for maybe 60 years (what else is he qualified to do back in the real world? Be the captain of a 737? Take a job as a derivatives trader? Go into plastic surgery?). So, from his perspective, he needs to make enough money that he can live off the investment return on that money and also beat inflation over 60 years. How much is that? Well, it's obviously a guess, but the most practical answer to him is "As much as I can possible make."

Now, if you start looking at some of the players in other sport leagues who have quarter-billion player contracts, plus multi-million endorsements contracts, then "How much is enough?" becomes a moot point. But that's not the NHL.

Except he’ll have his choice of coaching jobs, broadcasting jobs. Speaking gigs, book deals.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

The career span of an NHL player is relatively short, and MacKinnon is paying taxes at the 37% federal bracket plus another 4.55% for Colorado state taxes, so he's only saving towards retirement the remaining 60% or so, less current living expenses. Then, there are other expenses such as whatever percentage his agent is taking.

Also, it's not like MacKinnon will retire at 65 and only need the money for maybe 30 years, but rather if he retired at 35 he would need the money for maybe 60 years (what else is he qualified to do back in the real world? Be the captain of a 737? Take a job as a derivatives trader? Go into plastic surgery?). So, from his perspective, he needs to make enough money that he can live off the investment return on that money and also beat inflation over 60 years. How much is that? Well, it's obviously a guess, but the most practical answer to him is "As much as I can possible make."

Now, if you start looking at some of the players in other sport leagues who have quarter-billion player contracts, plus multi-million endorsements contracts, then "How much is enough?" becomes a moot point. But that's not the NHL.

Yes therefore he NEEDS $100 million+

 

[Steerpike]

This is from dater. Before this becomes a season long thing and I pull my hair out from the lightning superfan friend I have who has been saying nonstop how f***ed the avalanche are and will never win again, are there any other resources pointing to Mack wanting a contract above 10+? He’s said in the past pretty clearly he wants a discount. Him and his idolization of Crosby I don’t expect him to actually follow through on these claims.

The kind of "team friendly" deal Crosby is on is no longer legal. The lowest comparable is Crosby's RFA deal for 8.7 per which was 17.3% of the cap at the time. Today that's 14.3 million dollars a year. And that's despite the cap stagnanting due to Covid.

MacKinnon's idolization of Crosby isn't supplicative worship. He wants to be like and beat Crosby. Part of being Sidney Crosby isn't taking peanuts on your deal. It's taking an enormous sum of money and still being worth it because you're that damn good.

There's no way around it. The Avs get worse by having MacKinnon cost about twice as much as he does now. But we have the space and he's worth it.

$13x8=$104 is a fair deal.

$12x8=$96 or less is a discount.

$15x7=$105 or more is what it takes the open market to outbid the Avs.

Any deal the Avs can make has about a 2 million AAV advantage over the open market due to the 8th year.

Let's make it $12,500,001x8 so he makes .1 billion dollars and is the highest paid player in the league.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Has to be remembered, Lehkonen is about to explode offensively in Colorado. Can't really compare what he did in Montreal as a 4th liner when he's about to play in the top-6 of the Avalanche team, also getting PP minutes.

That may be true, even then I think it's a stretch to call it team friendly. Regardless I like the player and I think his deal will be fair to good value.

 

[GermanPanther]

I think its the truth, the only difference. He are not seeking for it he get it.
Remember Years back his first Extension everyone speaking about 10 Million Contract. He reduced his own Salary to get better Players in the Team.
When i remember right, the promising him, they wont forget what he did. Now he is an Icon Player and Franchise Player, who brought in the promised Cup the Team.

So when he get not the highest Player ever get payed for rest of his Career it will be real Wonder.
He did anything what he can do, now he get everything payed.

 

[GCK]

I’d love to see MacKinnon get at least 13 per of term is more than 4 years. Stars in the NHL wind up being underpaid when they sign 7-8 year deals.

 

[OKR]

Must be fun being the second best player on his own team but paid like the best player in the league lol

 

[Bob Clarke Fan Club]

He's going to get it as well. He won his cup and now he's earned his pay day after being significantly underpaid for the majority of his last contract.

2nd post in the thread and as far as I had to read.

 

[Spilot23]

Another day where Mack still hasn't signed his 10M$ for 8 years contract.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Must be fun being the second best player on his own team but paid like the best player in the league lol

Another one without a sweet f***ing clue how NHL contracts work.

 

[OKR]

Another one without a sweet f***ing clue how NHL contracts work.

Huh, what even is there to understand about this? He is the second best player on his team, and he would be the best paid player in the league.

 

[Soedy]

Huh, what even is there to understand about this? He is the second best player on his team, and he would be the best paid player in the league.

RFA vs. UFA.

 

[OKR]

RFA vs. UFA.

Well i do know how RFA and UFA works, i just have no ”sweet f***ing clue” how that is anyway relevant to Mackinnon being the best paid player in the league despite not being the best player on his own team, far less the league lol

 

[Soedy]

Well i do know how RFA and UFA works, i just have no ”sweet f***ing clue” how that is anyway relevant to Mackinnon being the best paid player in the league despite not being the best player on his own team, far less the league lol

If Makar was a UFA and not an RFA, he would have likely gotten around 14 mil so more than MacK.