Quoting: Pharow
the history of contract show that players are get paid for what they done so Petry will get paid and will have term. You just said that 3 players had sign a +3 years deal that where over 31 and i just found 8or 9 of them in a couple of minutes. Each year team gave big contract and term for aging players. Giordano was 47 day from 32 years old when he sign is extension but 32 when it kick in as for burns he was 4 month away from 32 so don’t try to be a smartass. Both where the same age as Petry is and managed to get massive deal. Petey just came of 3 back to back oustanding season he will get paid and will get term. Maybe not 8 years but there a team that will give him at least 5 years maybe 6 at a 6 millions range.
I literally just said I made a mistake with Burns, Giordano, & Vlasic. Calm down. Like I said, I was going by CapFriendly’s signing age, which doesn’t take extensions into account, so some players were listed as a year younger than I was looking for.
As for the getting paid for what you’ve done, that trend has been that recently (and I mean in the last 2-3 years) that it has been getting away from that. For example, Zuccarello was the oldest player signed on July 1st last year, who signed until he’s 36. If Petry signs a 3 year deal, he will be 36 when it’s done. Other than older players signing 1 or 2 year contracts, the only July 1st free agent signing that lasts past 36 years old is Ilya Kovalchuk, who was obviously in a unique situation. GMs are smarter now, and no one’s going to make that kind of mistake.