skilles wrote: ↑05 Jul 2026 01:45 am
If I'm McMichael I'd argue that puts me at 7 million
Agree. 6.5-7.
If true, it's interesting that he'd be making almost as much as Thomas in AAV.
That is going to be the norm, and really has been for a long time just not to this extreme but that is inevitable when the cap is tied to revenue and the league expands a lot.
I mean you are using an outlier....thats not normal now either.
Thommer has to be among the 10 best value contracts in the whole league.
Would anyone blame him for wanting to renegotiate (if it were allowed - thank God it isn't lol). If he were UFA I would think max term and 12M per, easily.
I think he should still be happy with his choice. He took the bird in the hand as he should have and it was like 65 million dollars so its not like he will ever have money problems. These players have to know that is going to happen.
If I was in his position yeah no doubt, I'm taking the money and the guarantee every single time. One bad hit and all of a sudden that payday could be gone.
Though you have to imagine no one could imagine #1 center salaries potentially jumping to this amount in just 4 years after he signed his.
I'm glad he did however, this is how you become you a cup contender again, top notch players, in their primes, making below current market value.
It was absolutely very very predictable.
A lot of people making a lot of money failed pretty badly to see it coming IMO.
I mean its based on revenue...not profit but revenue.
Raises? Sure.
going from ELC to 18 million? no, there's no way anyone would have predicted that.
I mean you are using an outlier....thats not normal now either.
but yes it was predictable, I knew it was coming and I didn't even think about it that much. The salaries have not rose to the level of the cap increases, A huge market correction was very predictable.
There were a lot of predictions that this type of correction was coming, including warnings that it would impact the RFA market first (since GMs tend to focus on locking up their stars ahead of UFA but have been more willing to play hard ball with RFAs). But that doesnt mean it was exactly "expected".
skilles wrote: ↑05 Jul 2026 01:45 am
If I'm McMichael I'd argue that puts me at 7 million
Agree. 6.5-7.
If true, it's interesting that he'd be making almost as much as Thomas in AAV.
That is going to be the norm, and really has been for a long time just not to this extreme but that is inevitable when the cap is tied to revenue and the league expands a lot.
I mean you are using an outlier....thats not normal now either.
Thommer has to be among the 10 best value contracts in the whole league.
Would anyone blame him for wanting to renegotiate (if it were allowed - thank God it isn't lol). If he were UFA I would think max term and 12M per, easily.
I think he should still be happy with his choice. He took the bird in the hand as he should have and it was like 65 million dollars so its not like he will ever have money problems. These players have to know that is going to happen.
If I was in his position yeah no doubt, I'm taking the money and the guarantee every single time. One bad hit and all of a sudden that payday could be gone.
Though you have to imagine no one could imagine #1 center salaries potentially jumping to this amount in just 4 years after he signed his.
I'm glad he did however, this is how you become you a cup contender again, top notch players, in their primes, making below current market value.
It was absolutely very very predictable.
A lot of people making a lot of money failed pretty badly to see it coming IMO.
I mean its based on revenue...not profit but revenue.
Raises? Sure.
going from ELC to 18 million? no, there's no way anyone would have predicted that.
I mean you are using an outlier....thats not normal now either.
but yes it was predictable, I knew it was coming and I didn't even think about it that much. The salaries have not rose to the level of the cap increases, A huge market correction was very predictable.
There were a lot of predictions that this type of correction was coming, including warnings that it would impact the RFA market first (since GMs tend to focus on locking up their stars ahead of UFA but have been more willing to play hard ball with RFAs). But that doesnt mean it was exactly "expected".
Smart teams definitely got ahead of this (MON).
I personally think if A guy knew the facts (studied them like it was his job) it was not just predictable or expected but 100% guaranteed.
I think A lot of failing happened..... To many people that were good at hockey and not enough that were good at math.
