Why? Hes won the cup, he should ask for 12x5 and not budge until either you or someone else gives it to him

Washington is going to give Backstrom 9.2mil and then come in lowballing their best player in franchise history?

You are right. But to be fair he will be 35 at the time. I think the Caps will care more about term than salary. His current 9.5 is 16.82% of a 57 mil cap (when he signed back in '08). With a say, 83.5 cap he would make 14 million per at that same percentage. No way he gets that but probably somewhere in the middle? 4 years, 48 million?

I think Ovi will sign a very team friendly deal with some hefty performance bonuses.

Hey well if im him I make the most money I can. Even if he doesnt need it, donate it to the city or something.

He’s already made enough and he probably would like to be on a competitive team to chase some records.

I think the difference between Ovi and Backstrom is that Backstrom was criminally underpaid for a player of his caliber for a decade. Ovechkin was the highest paid player in the league for about half (more or less) of his contract. I think Ovi will probably get 10x4.