Inside the NHL Agent’s Secret Rankings: Shocking Best and Worst Teams, Jaw-Dropping Contracts, and the Next Commissioner Revealed
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“I can see them signing $15 million (a season) on three- or four-year deals,” added another agent. “We’ve taken that strategy. Much different defenseman, but (redacted), we had an eight-year deal on the table and took a shorter-term deal, only ate up two years of UFA, because we want to get back at the table after this guy’s got another 120 NHL games played because of where the cap is going.”
On whether the culture of contracts will change with a higher cap: “The question becomes, are GMs going to get used to the new normal and just allow for these guys to make $16 to $20 million or is the culture of hockey going to say you can’t ask for that much because you’re being selfish? I think people need to embrace the new culture that the economics have changed and general managers get comfortable in that, I think these guys should get closer to that $20 million.”
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