Comparing percentage of salary cap, Leo Carlsson's $18m per season in Anaheim is the equivalent to:
• $9.81m when Crosby signed 5y x $8.7m in 2008
• $9.81m when Ovechkin signed 13y x $9.5m in 2008
• $13.77m when McDavid signed 8y x $12.5m in 2018
• $14.11m when Matthews signed 5y x $11.6m in 2019
It's a ton of cheddar but it's not a franchise ruining pay check by any means.
You may not want my thoughts on that game
From a seasoned vet…
- Game was built up way too much as was Team USA
- USA got gassed much more than they deserved from a performance standpoint imo
- That feeds Belgium/Other better teams and gives extra motivation you apparently can not come close to matching
- Discredited Belgium heavy for some reason
- No true alpha player tonight. Guys were lazy and watching. Wanting someone else to make the play and be the hero
- They will try to spin this into a major win of a tournament but I didn’t see excellence that we as Americans should truly be proud of
- That goalie’s brain fart set soccer in America back two decades
Anaheim/Verbeek: This is yet another reminder of why it doesn’t pay to hand out overpriced contracts (Kreider, Killorn, Vatrano…), even when you have plenty of cap space at the time. Eventually, the bill always comes due.
This should be interesting to say the least for the next few weeks. A massive offer for Leo that could really cause trouble for the Ducks cap issues and future contract negotiations.
Verbeek has had over a year to lock up Carlsson and this is what can happen if you wait too long