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I don't really like this signing, the money is one thing, but 8 years becoming automatic at this age is alarming. He is a very good goal scoring winger, and I don't mind paying a premium for goals, but years 6,7,8 of this deal could be rough.
That said, I don't get how so many think this deal has affected any of the RFA's, or even Panarin's signing. If it had been more money, then maybe, but Rantanen, Marner and Point were getting north of $9M anyway and are RFAs, hard to imagine a UFA on a 40 goal year getting $9M is changing their market Price. Panarin was always going to market for $10M+, so again, I don't think this deal pushes his, since he was going to be comfortably above it anyway.
Duchene is probably the player benefiting most from this deal, since it does create a price point to negotiate from.