Quoting: mart
Kaprizov is a 40 goal scorer and Rantanen was just over a point per game before he became what he is. M. Tkachuk is a better player but a 40 goal Scorer so that's the comparable they are all around 11 percent which I gave him and M. Tkachuk is the outlier at 11.52 percent If it was like laine it would be just over 9 million. Forsberg is 28 vs Kaprizov laine and Rantanen who are under 25 at signing. Oleksiak is over paid. Manson Tanev Murphy signed at 29 or 30 into away from their prime. Dumoulin wasn't the player he is now or carlo as they were younger. Sanhiem and Brodin are better but Zub can reach their level of play and is closer to them than oleksiak. I gave Zub the marc methot contract as the lowest comp but if zub continues to play we we can end up with a contract in the 6+ Range. Methot's contract was 7.1% and in this cap of 82.5 that is about 5 ⅞ per year.
Kaprizov, Rantanen and even Matthew Tkachuk are just superior players in my books, in another tier. Kaprizov in particular is truly elite
For example, just check at this recent fantasy forward ranking, I find it paints a good picture of the situation
https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-fantasy-hockey-top-100-forward-rankings-pools/c-282775028
Kaprizov is 5th, Rantanen is 7th, Matthew Tkachuk is 12th and DeBrincat is 23rd
I really hope ABD comes under their cap hits because he's clearly not as good as them
Based on many D (recent) contracts, I'd be shocked if Zub gets a cent over 5.0 per year. He just doesn't have the offensive numbers to ask for more. Playing on a high octane offensive team will help him but still.
It's ok if you have a different opinion, my evaluation is that DeBrincat is worth 7 years x 8.5 AAV and Zub 5 years x 4.5 AAV