Caps going up to 87.7 so yeah should be okay

If he plays like that, they cant

Taxes are low and you give him the 8 year deal. I think it could be plausible. No way he gets more than 8.5m in Florida. If he goes to Cali, New York or Canada he would need to make 10+ to make up for the lack of low taxes and that he doesn't get the 8th year.

Someone could give them a compensatory pick for his signing rights to get the 8th year. And state sales tax makes it a ~10 percent difference, it's not frankly that big.

I could see Verbeek taking a swing at him though, exactly the kind of player he covets.