Ernie
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With cap rise, PPG players will probably be 9.5N, 90pt guys will be like 10-11M+ depending on position and 100pt guys are like 12-14M and then there’s Mcdavid at like whatever number he wants but probably 15 minimum.
If you look at the number of forwards that are in their mid 20's and have scored a point per game so far in their careers, there are less than 10 of them.
Pettersson is getting paid not just because he's putting up points, but also because he should continue to put up points at a reasonable rate moving forward.
That's why comparing his contract to JT Miller's is unreasonable. Miller is 30 and will start seeing age related decline as he moves into his mid 30's. It was also signed 2 years earlier when the cap projections were significantly lower.
A better comparison is William Nylander. He's 2 years older and put up points at about a .9 ppg rate but is paid the same. Pettersson also scores more goals than him. Pettersson could have easily gotten significantly more on the open market.
Of course, this contract could have been avoided by just giving him a long term deal when he came off his ELC like he wanted. Imagine if we had Pettersson for $8m and Hughes for $7m right now.
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