In addition, an editor specializing in the NHL comes up with a bold estimate. “If I had to guess, the Czech record will be broken, that is, the 11 million that Jaromír Jágr took in Washington,” says Burkert.
Let us recall that Jágro’s salary with the Capitals was set in 2001, i.e. before the introduction of salary caps, which began to apply from the 2005-2006 season. On the other hand, it should be added that the salary caps have gradually grown to more than double since their introduction. From 39 million dollars, they are now at 82.5.
“Agent JP Barry is now in such a negotiating position with David’s performance that he’s going to want to push it a lot closer to the contract that Nathan MacKinnon had, which is eight years and 100.8 million,” Burkert points out. as much as possible, so in my opinion it would be an appropriate contract,” adds the editor of Sport.cz and Práva.
In the video from the Příklep show, you will also learn about other interesting names that are heading to the free agent market, and the studio is discussing whether David Pastrňák’s new giant contract will be in Boston or at another address.