Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon has signed a seven-year contract worth $44,100,000. That’s only news by now.
It’s noteworthy that the contract will eventually make MacKinnon the highest paid player on the team. It carries an average annual value of $6.3 million. In reality, though, it shakes out like this:
- 2016-17: $5,000,000
- 2017-18: $5,750,000
- 2018-19: $6,750,000
- 2019-20: $6,750,000
- 2020-21: $6,150,000
- 2021-22: $6,850,000
- 2022-23: $6,850,000
So, it’s not until the 2018-19 season that MacKinnon breaks the Matt Duchene salary ceiling.