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What The Next Contract For Dylan Larkin May Look Like

07/12/2018 at 5:28pm EDT

from Craig Custand of The Athletic,

Based on Larkin’s performance so far, not to mention the Red Wings’ cap situation, a full-term eight-year contract seems like it would be very hard to pull off.

That puts us in the six-year range.

The floor would likely be a player like Vancouver’s Bo Horvat. He signed a six-year deal worth $5.5 million annually. He signed his contract last September coming off a 20-goal season with 52 points. Larkin had 11 more points last season and probably has more upside than Horvat. So that’s the minimum.

On the higher side of the six-year comparable is Boston’s David Pastrnak. He signed a six-year deal worth $6.67 million per season, also last September. He signed his deal coming off a 34-goal, 70-point season.

The Jets got Nikolaj Ehlers done at $6 million per season on a seven-year deal after his 64-point season last year, one more than Larkin finished with this season.

If you’re Larkin’s camp, you’re pointing out that neither of those players are a center, which comes at a premium.

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