The NHL Should Consider An AHL-Equivalent In Europe
Expansion is on everyone's mind, and many wonder about global expansion. The NHL should consider another version of the American Hockey League as a good stepping stone.
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All right, final question.
What are some of the most valuable contracts in the NHL today?
And it can be the AAV, it can be the term.
I will leave it up to you.
Michael Traikos, you can go first.
I'm gonna mention Tage Thompson there, Mike, 'cause you mentioned him earlier.
And we're talking about a guy who's been a three-time 40-goal scorer, and he's only getting paid 7.1 million.
It's just insane.
Like, if he signs that contract today, which, you know, good on Kevin Adams for getting him signed to this, but if he signs it today, we're talking about a guy who's probably easily getting double digits, I would say, like, 12 or 13 million for what the- what kind of player he is.
Adams rolled the, Adams rolled the dice.
He had one, I think, 37-goal season, and he signed him to the long-term deal, 'cause he'd had a lot of injuries before that.
So it's a great value.
Ryan, I'll say every Montreal Canadian core player, because all- all of them, Hudson, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, now Demidov, all signed under $10 million, all long term.
Those contracts are really gonna age well.
And another one, how about Sam Reinhart making less than $9 million in Florida?
He's just been a consistent goal scorer for them ever since he got traded from Buffalo and was a big part of their two Stanley Cup victories.
