The DNVR Avalanche Podcast drops with Nathan Rudolph and AJ Haefele looking at the three most important upcoming contracts for the Avs to get done and what they might look like.
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NoMoreRats
Very interesting discussion. I had no idea that Robert Hooper was now Mikko’s agent and that Laine left Liut also, albeit for a different agent.
Puckpedia is my go to site to see who’s represented by whom:
https://puckpedia.com/agents
Makar was on a 82 game pace of 17 – 55 -72. As a rookie. Before the first injury he was on a point per game / Norris finalist pace. He had a ramp-up coming back from both of those injuries which slowed him down a bit. If I were the Avs I would offer that kid whatever it takes to sew him up for the 8 years after next season. As crazy as it may seem to some, pretty much whatever they choose to pay him will likely end up being a bargain over the course of his contract. Before the season 50 points seemed like the edge of what he could reasonably hit (I thought he would get 55 but I was really bullish on him) and he might have had 60 even with the injuries if the last 12 games had been played.
He’s truly generational and he’s more – maybe much more – than even we had hoped. I think you go the D version of McDavid with him. If that means 9.5 or 10 x 8, so be it. Just like the McDavid and Ovechkin contracts, he’s so good that you just wipe money discussions off the table and let him do his thing for the next 9 seasons. I honestly think we’re outside of the realm of “what if he tails off for a year or two” with Makar just like with McDavid or Ovie when they were given seemingly crazy contracts. He’s just too elite for that to happen.