Duclairs cap is twice as much as shores... Not sure how they are comparable.

Archibalds playing style fits the Oilers system well without having to get a ton of points. Gusev wasn't good for NJ this year.

according to capfriendly they are comparable

Your title says contract comparables..... not sure how 700,000 and 1.7 million are comparable amounts.....

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this is not according to me, it's according to capfriendly
i am assuming that the similarities come in their position, age, ufa/rfa status
not many people have been signed to a 1 year deal worth 1.7 million or near that

Gusev nearly led his team in scoring last season

Archibald uh... *checks notes* didn't even score enough points last season to lead the lowest scoring team in NHL history in points in fact if you even double his point total he still doesn't quite get there and he played about 10 games with McDavid no less

Gusev way better possession player as well

Arch is better defensively by a fair bit but like

How on earth is there a ? there ultimately

bc he has 6 points this year