The Calgary Flames shelled out big bucks for a goaltender on Friday, inking Jacob Markstrom to a six year deal worth $6 million per season. As they say, the devil is in the details and the details of the Markstrom deal are fairly peculiar and in some ways, kind of good for both sides.
Breakdown
Via PuckPedia, the yearly breakdown of salary and signing bonuses.
| Season | Salary | Bonuses |
| 2020-21 | $4,000,000 | $0 |
| 2021-22 | $4,000,000 | $0 |
| 2022-23 | $8,000,000 | $0 |
| 2023-24 | $8,000,000 | $0 |
| 2024-25 | $3,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| 2025-26 | $3,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
TSN’s Frank Seravalli referred to this on Twitter as “the hump,” as the payouts across the deal resembles a camel with low salaries early and low salaries late and the prime earning done in the middle of the deal.