It's a little high today, so it will cost us a bit over the next two-three years, but years 4-8 the percentage should palatable while they should be in their prime.
the problem is that chia has basically done three things with the mcdavid/drai contracts:
1. taken a MASSIVE gamble that drai is a top-10 player in the league, based off the smallest of sample sizes. this is further exasperated by the even smaller "playing on his own line" sample size that shows drai is NOWHERE NEAR an elite player when not playing with another elite player like hall or mcdavid. the size of this gamble, based can't be overstated
2. ensured that we can't win a cup in years 2-4 of drais deal, as we won't have the cap space to compete. we still have enough space this year to compete, so this is our last legitimate kick at the can until likely 2021-22 (the 5th year of drais contract). we'll be competitive during those lean years, but i would be absolutely shocked if we are a dominant team for any of them
3. banked on the cap rising significantly by the back half of the drai/mcdavid contracts. the only way we become dominant from around 20-21 through 24-25 (when drai's contract ends) is if #1 ends up being true, which as noted is already a huge gamble, and the cap limit rising 3-4% a year, which is unlikely in its own right
chia got absolutely bent over on the drai deal, and a little bent over on the mcdavid deal as well. the total "overspend" is likely around 3 million a year between the 2 of them, with the majority of that coming from the ridiculous drai contract