[GDT]Week 7

[hong57]

scoring slow down as the week comes to the end.. fuck

[hong57]

I'm getting slaughtered every week

[CAM]

I'm getting slaughtered every week

I think everyone is. This league has achieved its goal of parity. Salary cap and drafting. Shes a crapshoot from week to week.

[Shoalzie]

I think the phasing out of bridge contracts is what makes things more challenging for teams with a lot of young stars. Those players are going from their entry level into a big money long term deal. Mike has Matthews and McDavid at a discount for a couple more years and then their salaries will explode. Rapid-growing salaries can screw up your depth. The way to offset that is to backfill your roster with other guys on their ELC.

[hong57]

at this rate McDavid is getting 20mil a year

[hong57]

ya hopefully I pick up some good players like I did with Matheson and toffoli in this year's draft

[thom54]

seriously, mcdavid is going to be max'ed out. His impact on the game would warrant more too

[Handsome&FairMike]

I think the phasing out of bridge contracts is what makes things more challenging for teams with a lot of young stars. Those players are going from their entry level into a big money long term deal. Mike has Matthews and McDavid at a discount for a couple more years and then their salaries will explode. Rapid-growing salaries can screw up your depth. The way to offset that is to backfill your roster with other guys on their ELC.

The beauty about fantasy is that there is no obligation to keep stars to make your fans happy - mike will cycle those guys at the appropriate time and get a massive haul back... I wouldn't be too concerned about him haha - he'll be more than fine!

[hong57]

I think the phasing out of bridge contracts is what makes things more challenging for teams with a lot of young stars. Those players are going from their entry level into a big money long term deal. Mike has Matthews and McDavid at a discount for a couple more years and then their salaries will explode. Rapid-growing salaries can screw up your depth. The way to offset that is to backfill your roster with other guys on their ELC.

The beauty about fantasy is that there is no obligation to keep stars to make your fans happy - mike will cycle those guys at the appropriate time and get a massive haul back... I wouldn't be too concerned about him haha - he'll be more than fine!

I'm getting fired if I trade JT or Ovi

[CasperX22]

I think the phasing out of bridge contracts is what makes things more challenging for teams with a lot of young stars. Those players are going from their entry level into a big money long term deal. Mike has Matthews and McDavid at a discount for a couple more years and then their salaries will explode. Rapid-growing salaries can screw up your depth. The way to offset that is to backfill your roster with other guys on their ELC.

The beauty about fantasy is that there is no obligation to keep stars to make your fans happy - mike will cycle those guys at the appropriate time and get a massive haul back... I wouldn't be too concerned about him haha - he'll be more than fine!

It's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. Has Benn and Burns new contracts to deal with next season.

[Matthew]

I think the phasing out of bridge contracts is what makes things more challenging for teams with a lot of young stars. Those players are going from their entry level into a big money long term deal. Mike has Matthews and McDavid at a discount for a couple more years and then their salaries will explode. Rapid-growing salaries can screw up your depth. The way to offset that is to backfill your roster with other guys on their ELC.

The beauty about fantasy is that there is no obligation to keep stars to make your fans happy - mike will cycle those guys at the appropriate time and get a massive haul back... I wouldn't be too concerned about him haha - he'll be more than fine!

If mcdavid got 14 million in the NHL his trade value in bbkl wouldnt be that high.

[Handsome&FairMike]

he's not getting that much... he's an RFA and he's 19. Let's not get too crazy here boys.

[Handsome&FairMike]

Gotta love those Sunday shut outs eh Billy?

[Shoalzie]

he's not getting that much... he's an RFA and he's 19. Let's not get too crazy here boys.

If they want to go to 8 years on his next deal, you have "buy" his first year eligible years as a UFA. I think the minimum age for UFA status is 25.

Crosby's AAV jumped from $3.7 million to $8.7 million in his second contract...which went 5 years. I don't think it's crazy to think that McDavid to be an $8 million player in his next contract.

[CasperX22]

he's not getting that much... he's an RFA and he's 19. Let's not get too crazy here boys.

If they want to go to 8 years on his next deal, you have "buy" his first year eligible years as a UFA. I think the minimum age for UFA status is 25.

Crosby's AAV jumped from $3.7 million to $8.7 million in his second contract...which went 5 years. I don't think it's crazy to think that McDavid to be an $8 million player in his next contract.

I'd say it's more likely than not that he will go over 8 MIL aav.

[Matthew]

The thing is Edmonton is nothing without mcdavid. Probably most teams in the league that could afford it would toss a max contract offer sheet at mcdavid. Edmonton would be forced to give him a ton of money. If mcdavid decides to get greedy he can have whatever he wants.

[Handsome&FairMike]

he's not getting that much... he's an RFA and he's 19. Let's not get too crazy here boys.

If they want to go to 8 years on his next deal, you have "buy" his first year eligible years as a UFA. I think the minimum age for UFA status is 25.

Crosby's AAV jumped from $3.7 million to $8.7 million in his second contract...which went 5 years. I don't think it's crazy to think that McDavid to be an $8 million player in his next contract.

Totally agree 8 Mil+ likely but to say 14? not a chance.

[Matthew]

he's not getting that much... he's an RFA and he's 19. Let's not get too crazy here boys.

If they want to go to 8 years on his next deal, you have "buy" his first year eligible years as a UFA. I think the minimum age for UFA status is 25.

Crosby's AAV jumped from $3.7 million to $8.7 million in his second contract...which went 5 years. I don't think it's crazy to think that McDavid to be an $8 million player in his next contract.

Totally agree 8 Mil+ likely but to say 14? not a chance.

Okay. When Crosby signed his he was about 15.5% of the cap limit in 2008-2009.

If mcdavid gets the same as Crosby then one could expect mcdavid to get around 11.3m depending on where the cap goes after this season.

[kyuss]

I'm getting slaughtered every week

I guess that explains why you're 3pts behind the division lead


as for my team, only Assists this week it seems

[CasperX22]

he's not getting that much... he's an RFA and he's 19. Let's not get too crazy here boys.

If they want to go to 8 years on his next deal, you have "buy" his first year eligible years as a UFA. I think the minimum age for UFA status is 25.

Crosby's AAV jumped from $3.7 million to $8.7 million in his second contract...which went 5 years. I don't think it's crazy to think that McDavid to be an $8 million player in his next contract.

Totally agree 8 Mil+ likely but to say 14? not a chance.

Okay. When Crosby signed his he was about 15.5% of the cap limit in 2008-2009.

If mcdavid gets the same as Crosby then one could expect mcdavid to get around 11.3m depending on where the cap goes after this season.

I would certainly think if he were to sign a Max deal they are going to have to make him the highest paid player in the league. What that number is going to be is anyone's guess, but anyone thinking he isn't going to get paid an obscene amount of money is kidding themselves.