Cale Makar Signs 8-Year, $20.4 Million AAV Avalanche Extension as NHL Pay Sets New High
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Updated · ESPN · Aug 28
Cale Makar Signs 8-Year, $20.4 Million AAV Avalanche Extension as NHL Pay Sets New High
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Aug 28
Summary
$20.4 million per year will make Cale Makar the highest-paid player in NHL history under an eight-year Colorado Avalanche extension, the first deal to top $20 million annually.
Makar, 27, landed the record as he entered the final year of a contract worth $9 million AAV, with the rising salary cap pushing elite NHL salaries sharply higher.
The new pact sits just below the league's cap-based maximum of $20.8 million and locks in an eight-year term before the next NHL CBA cuts maximum contract lengths to seven years.
Colorado is paying to keep a franchise cornerstone: Makar has been a Norris Trophy finalist in six straight seasons, has won the award twice, and anchors an Avalanche team that won last season's Presidents' Trophy.