NHL’s Top 10 Contracts of 2025: Which Stars Are Winning Big—and Who’s the Biggest Surprise?
How big is that difference and how many more millions is that worth? About $6 million by my estimate, giving MacKinnon one of the best deals in the sport.
6. Leon Draisaitl
Contract: $14M x eight years
Surplus Value: $35M
Positive Value Probability: 95 percent
Everything said about MacKinnon above also applies to Leon Draisaitl here. The difference is that Draisaitl’s deal is richer and longer. That means less value per season, but a similar amount of total value thanks to those two extra years.
While Draisaitl has the league’s richest contract, the last year has made all the difference with regard to its perception. What looked like a fair deal when it was signed now looks like a steal thanks to Draisaitl’s personal leap in performance timed with the rising cap environment.
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