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A Much Too Early Look at Pettersson’s Next Contract

Nucks Misconduct | February 5, 2019

Related Topics: Contract, Auston Matthews, Brock Boeser, Viktor Arvidsson, Nikita Kucherov, Vancouver

If there are three givens in today’s NHL, here they are:

  1. The game is trending younger and younger.
  2. These young stars are taking over the league.
  3. These young stars are getting paidddddddd.

The Auston Matthews contract that was announced on Tuesday will see him make $58.15 million for the next five seasons, for an annual cap hit of $11.63 million. With Pettersson’s rookie season looking like it could be more impactful than Matthew’s rookie campaign, it’s fair to assume that Pettersson’s contract could have a similar Average Annual Value (AAV) when negotiations are eligible to begin on July 1st, 2020.

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