Modifié 19 juin 2019 à 10 h 43
Quoting: ON3M4N
Ready for this one....
Over the last 3 seasons:
Kevin Hayes - 223GP / 148Pts / 0.66 PGP
Dustin Brown - 233GP / 148Pts / 0.64 PGP
^Dustin Brown at $5.8 is considered a bad contract...wonder what that makes this Hayes deal?
I appreciate your choosing Brown as a comp because both players are two-way forwards whose contributions exceed raw point totals. Arguably center is a bit more valuable, but let's shelve that for a more fundamental contrast:
Dustin Brown has 3 years left on his deal and he will turn 35 in November. He will be
37 during the last season of the deal.
Hayes recently turned 27 years old in May. He will be
33 during the last season of his new deal.
When Dustin Brown signed his deal before the 14-15 season, it was
8.5% of the salary cap.
Depending upon whether the cap is set to $82 or $83 million for 19-20, Hayes' deal is expected to be between
8.6-8.71% of the salary cap.
In sum, Hayes' deal is by 1-2 tenths of a percent more expensive than Brown's, but does not extend well into what should probably be retirement years. Brown's deal is significantly worse because of the age/term factor. This isn't to say UFA isn't expensive; it absolutely is. 8.6-8.7% of the cap is nothing to sneeze at. The term could be a year shorter and be more attractive, but if the salary is front loaded, then the contract is probably going to be quite marketable to a cap floor team that many years down the line. We'll get those details later.
(Edit) P.S. In the 3 seasons leading up to that deal, Brown had 207GP / 110Pts / 0.53 PPG