Pirri has never made any significant money and this is likely his last chance to sign a deal worth anything, gotta think he'll be looking for more then that, will be interesting to see if any team gives him more.

one thing i never understood is when people say players dont want to play in canada because of taxes vs tampa or other places like that. they are paid in usd which is 35-37 percent higher in cad so the tax thing is kind of out the window.

All salaries are paid in USD, even for the 7 Canadian teams

thats what i mean. people say players take less in tampa because they have no tax, well i'm sure the players aren't paying 35-37 percent taxes in canada so wouldn't it work out the same?

If you play for the Oilers you pay 47.70% taxes, in tampa for example you'd pay 39.14%

Taking a 4M salary as an example: Playing for the Oilers you'd net 2.092 M USD after taxes, while TBL would only need to offer you a salary of 3 437 397 to net the same payout post taxes. Thats the biggest financial edge low tax teams has over high tax teams. Effectively, TBL could offer you a contract worth 500k less and it would still be a better salary