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That's actually less than anyone thought it was going to be.  Everyone assumed 13.5 to 14

 

Draisatl will be an 8.25 and then it's the lucic/RNH/Sekera and Russel contract overpayments that will hamper them.

 

Chia Pet is going to need to get shrewd or die a slow death

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Good that they lock him up for awhile but yikes.  McDavid, Draisaitl and Lucic will easily cost them $25M+ for the next 5 years.  That's more than 25% of their cap space for those two.  It's not terrible as most of their D core (except for Nurse, not sure if I would include Benning) is locked up for at least the next 3 years.

 

The Oilers will probably have to move out RNH this season however.  They have quite a few RFAs next year including Nurse and Caggiula.  Maroon is a UFA next year too, though perhaps they'll let him go.

 

Don't think there will be too many teams willing to pony up for RNH's contract so he might be affordable.  Not saying the Canucks should acquire him though.

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4 minutes ago, hatedkid666 said:

People worried about the oilers being handcuffed need to look at the penguins 

Malkin is at $9.5 and Crosby is at $8.7. Both McDavid and Draisatil will most likely be making more than them.

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1 minute ago, hatedkid666 said:

When Crosby signed that contract he was taking up more cap space then McDavid is now

Fair point, but the cap was expected to keep going up. Most people think the cap will remain at around 75mil for awhile and may even go down. They don't see any new revenue coming in the pipeline.

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22 minutes ago, Shekky said:

at 12.5m thats going to handcuff the team in the long run. Just look at the Blackhawks.

yup, at least with the blackhawks they took those contracts after winning multiple stanley cups so it makes sense as a reward. It will just make it harder for mcdavid to win a cup with a contract this big. 

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