Simpleton
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Based on what I have read, I believe the target monetary value is around $40,000,000 and the term will have to be lengthy in order to lower the AAV and provide Hyman some certainty. Basically, the ceiling is somewhere around $5Mx8, or $5.7x7. Seems like a very risky proposal for the Oilers, but its kind of in line with what they agreed to with RNH.
Anybody who has lived in Edmonton should understand that the city is at a competitive disadvantage when recruiting young, millionaire professional athletes. Money and term are really the only factors that the Oilers can compete with so they need to over pay and offer too much term when pursuing players who have other options. Perhaps recruitment might get a bit easier if the Oilers can become legitimate Stanley Cup contenders, but we won't know unless that happens.