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2025-26 NHL Miscellaneous Thread

Once this doozy gets signed off and officially done, the top players will point to Carlsson and say, “I should be above that.” Those with comparable numbers at the same age will say, “I should be above that.” And those who are close will say, “Maybe I’m not at the same level, but if he’s at 18, I’m at 15.”
 
Friedman says that Carlsson’s reps met with the Ducks hours before the offer sheet and their offer was believed to be in the $12-13 million range.

Which was probably a lot more in line. There are a lot of guys in his talent class with recent deals in the $11-11.5 mil range. With Cap creep, that’s roughly 12-13. $18 mil is WILDLY out of line, so much so that I have a hard time believing it will actually be an inflationary contract for other guys.
 
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