Inside the NHL’s Biggest Contract Surprises of 2025: Who’s Winning and Losing Big Bucks?
Given the lack of track record for Blake and Stankoven in particular, some may view the deals as risky — they haven’t earned that number yet. In a sense, that’s true, and Carolina’s own experience with Jesperi Kotkaniemi is proof of that. But the rising cap environment changes the math on that considerably where the risk is much smaller for a player that’s also on the rise.
GM Eric Tulsky spoke to that effect at the press conference for Blake’s extension and his answer mirrors the entire ethos of this exercise. It’s not about one contract, it’s about all of them. The big picture.
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